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Week of 2/1/22
Week of 2/1/22
- Cheyney University - The Oldest Historically Black College and University
- Lincoln University - First, but Not First
- Bethune Cookman University - A Lesson in Female Management and Accountability
- Mary Jane Patterson - The First Black Woman to Receive a B.A. Degree
- Alexander Twilight - The First Black Person to Receive a Degree From an American Institution of Higher Education
Week of 2/6/22
Week of 2/6/22
- The Harlem Hellfighters: The most storied Black combat unit of World War I
- Rebecca Lee Crumpler - First Black woman to earn a medical degree and practice as a physician in the U.S.
- Patricia Bath - First African American to complete a residency in ophthalmology and African American female doctor to receive a medical patent
- Maggie Lena Walker – First Female Bank President to Charter a Bank
- Jesse LeRoy Brown: The First Black Naval Aviator
- Henrietta Lacks – Mother of the Billion Dollar Biomedical Industry
- Dr. Marion R. Croak - Created VOIP - The Technology Behind Skype, Zoom and More!
Week of 2/16/22
Week of 2/16/22
- Usain Bolt - Refused to be Educated Anywhere, Unless it was in His Homeland
- Robby Novak – First 9-Year-Old to Give the World a Pep-Talk
- Lonnie Johnson – The Billion dollar Water Gun
- Jordan Coleman - 11 Year Old Filmmaker-Activist
- Jo Anderson - The Slave that helped Revolutionize the Farming Industry
- Dr. Percy Lavon Julian – Chemist Extraordinaire
- Gerald “Jerry” Anderson Lawson: The Reason Disc-Based Home Video Games Exist
Week of 2/23/22
Week of 2/23/22
- The Great Debate - Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois
- Philadelphia - The Black Capital of Anti–Slavery
- Frederick McKinley Jones - invented the first portable air-cooling unit
- Dr. Edward Bouchet - The first African American to earn a Ph.D. in the U.S.
- Benjamin “Boardley” Bradley – Invented the 1st Steam Engine Used in the “Sloop of War” Naval Vessels
Week of 2/27/22
Week of 2/27/22
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