There is no direct antecedent to our modern secular celebration of mothers, but it has existed, one way or another, for thousands of years. Here’s a timeline: – Antiquarians and…
Holocaust Remembrance … an infinite number of stories immediately springs to mind when considering this vast and broad topic. Since I was a young girl, I have been obsessed with…
Hedda Kleinfeld Schachter was born Feb. 5, 1924, in Vienna, Austria. A doyenne of New York retail fashion, she was known as owner, with her husband, Jack, and buyer of…
It was the Roaring Twenties. Flappers raised their hemlines and lowered their morals. Prohibition was law since 1917, when the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution banned “the manufacture, sale,…
First Black woman to join the U. S. Equestrian TeamFirst Black Equestrian inducted into the Women’s Sports Hall of Fame Donna Cheek became the first black member of the U.S.…
First Black woman to star on Real Housewives of New YorkLawyer, TV Anchor and Host Eboni was raised by a single mother, so she grew up knowing how to be…
First Black woman CEO listed within the New York Stock Exchange First woman to win an Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of The Year Award in technology category Phyllis Newhouse is…
Minister, Civil Rights Advocate, Pro-Life Activist and News commentator Bestselling Author and niece of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Author. Fox News Channel contributor. Former member of the…
Global Head of Inclusion ViacomCBS First African American Woman, Chief of Staff to a southern member of Congress Marva A. Smalls is one of the most powerful executives in American…
Editor-in-Chief Essence Magazine from 1981 to 2000 Founder and CEO of National CARES Mentoring Movement Susan L. Taylor was born in 1946 in Harlem to a Trinidadian mother and a…
First African American couple (with her husband Michael) to perform at the American Country Music Awards Sister Act 2 vocalist Tanya Blount Trotter is married to Michael Trotter, Jr. Together…
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