Women You Should Know
By: Taren Vaughan Being a police officer is one the noblest professions that there is to have. Aside from all the hard work that they do for the cities and counties that they reside in, police officers take great pride in the things that…
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Meet The Legendary Actress, Dancer and Singer Josephine Baker. By: Taren Vaughan Decades ago, it was very unlikely for us to see an African American on the big screen. It was even more uncommon to see an African American woman featured in movies. Against…
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Meet the first African American woman to serve as mayor of a major U.S. city By: Taren Vaughan One of the highest populated cities in the United States is Washington, D.C. D.C. is commonly known as the “Chocolate City” due to its large number…
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By: Treasure White History has accounted for the numerous contributions made by many African-American women in the United States. Henrietta Lacks without knowing made her mark as a contributor to the first continuous “immortal” human cell line, that later played a role…
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