Mary Fields (1832 to 1914), also known as Stagecoach Mary and Black Mary, was born into slavery in Hickman County,…
Year: 2021
Bianca Nicole Belair, a professional wrestler signed with the WWE since 2016, was born in Knoxville. She performs on the…
Comedian Leslie Jones, cast member and writer for Saturday Night Live from 2014 to 2019, was born in Memphis. She…
Mother Mary Magdalena Lewis Tate (1871 to 1930), born in Vanleer, TN., was an evangelist and the first American woman…
Hulda Margaret Little-Frazier (1889-1983) was the first Black woman to pass the state of Tennessee nursing license exam in 1915.…
Julia Britton Hooks (1852 to 1942) was known as the “Angel of Beale Street” in Memphis. She was a musician…
The Stone sisters were proprietors of the first Black-owned beauty parlor in downtown Nashville which operated from the early 1900s…
Twenty-one-year-old Nikhil Chaudhary from the north Indian state Haryana is the founder of Tesla Club India, an online group of…
Greg and Taniesha “Tee” Westbrook are serial entrepreneurs. They are HBCU alums and left corporate America to the serve the…
Black Women Finally Getting Country Music Recognition By Ron Wynn NASHVILLE, TN — Black artists have always been active and…