Sandra Douglass Morgan knew at an early age while growing up in Las Vegas that she would be treated differently because of …
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HBCU Alumna Becomes First Black Woman to Be Admitted to Vanderbilt’s Selective Neurosurgery Residency Program
by Xara Azizby Xara AzizA 26-year-old aspiring doctor has become the first Black woman resident in Vanderbilt University’s neurosurgery residency program’s nearly 100-year history. Tamia Potter …
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First Black Woman to Graduate from Yale Divinity School Enshrined with Portrait in School’s Most Prominent Hall of Memory
by Xara Azizby Xara AzizThe first Black woman to earn a Doctor of Theology from Harvard and the first female professor to receive tenure at Howard …
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First Black Woman to Have Nationally Syndicated Cartoon Shares What She Wants Her Legacy to be in the Cartooning Industry
by Xara Azizby Xara AzizBarbara Brandon-Croft is a name you should know if you don’t already. The groundbreaking author and illustrator made history in 1991 when …
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Judge Who Became First Black Woman to Preside over Utah State Courts Says She Has ‘Mixed Feelings’ About the Honor
by Xara Azizby Xara AzizThe first Black woman judge to be appointed to the Utah State Courts recognizes that the feat is an honor, although she …
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