Who Was Celia Cruz?
Although her family and friends know her as Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso, the world refers to her simply as Celia Cruz. Starting...
View full detailsAlthough her family and friends know her as Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso, the world refers to her simply as Celia Cruz. Starting...
View full detailsOn June 26, 2018, twenty-eight-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a bartender from New York City, became the youngest woman ever elected to serve o...
View full detailsA shy twenty-year-old girl stepped out of a horse-drawn coach and into the world spotlight, capturing the imagination of millions as a real life fa...
View full detailsYou can always recognize a painting by Kahlo because she is in nearly all--with her black braided hair and colorful Mexican outfits. A brave woman ...
View full detailsClarissa “Clara” Barton was a shy girl who grew up to become a teacher, nurse, and humanitarian. At a time when few women worked outside the home,...
View full detailsBorn in 1729, Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbs was never supposed to come to power. But at age sixteen, she married the heir to the Russian throne. ...
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View full detailsThere are Black scientists and Black inventors such as George Washington Carver and Madam C.J. Walker we all know, and there are also dozens of Bla...
View full detailsA young boy comes to recognize his own power and ability to change the future. When a friend at school creates a hurtful drawing, the boy turns to ...
View full detailsBorn a humble girl in what is now Albania, Agnes Bojaxhiu lived a charitable life. She pledged herself to a religious order at the age of 18 and ch...
View full detailsAlthough Jane Austen's works were first published anonymously and brought her little personal recognition, today they are rarely out of print and h...
View full detailsGrowing up with a speech impediment and an auditory processing disorder, Amanda had hills to climb. Through poetry, she found her voice, and became...
View full detailsOn November 7, 2020, Kamala Harris, a senator from California, became the first woman and the first African-American and South Asian-American perso...
View full detailsMeet History's trailblazers and get inspired by the true stories of people who changed the world. In August, 2016, American gymnast Simone Biles wo...
View full detailsBorn a slave in Maryland, Harriet Tubman knew first-hand what it meant to be someone's property; she was whipped by owners and almost killed by an ...
View full detailsBorn in Missouri in 1928, Maya Angelou had a difficult childhood. Jim Crow laws segregated blacks and whites in the South. Her family life was unst...
View full detailsIn 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. This seemingly small act triggered civil rights prote...
View full detailsAs the world now knows, Barack Obama has made history as our first African-American president. With black-and-white illustrations throughout, this ...
View full detailsDr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was only 25 when he helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott and was soon organizing black people across the country ...
View full detailsIf not for a stint in reform school, young Louis Armstrong might never have become a musician. It was a teacher at the Colored Waifs Home who gave ...
View full detailsThe story of how a girl born into slavery became an early leader in the civil rights movement and the most famous black female journalist in ninete...
View full detailsA pivotal fixture of the Harlem Renaissance, Duke Ellington was the bandleader of the historic Cotton Club and a master composer -- writing close ...
View full detailsDumpling party today in town! Let's all cook and hurry down. Join 10 families cooking delicious treats to share, from Indian samosas to Italian rav...
View full detailsSimply be like a dog with this irresistible picture book by beloved author Maria Gianferrari and illustrated by #1 New York Times bestselling artis...
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