Black Women in History
This City In Illinois Has Elected Its First Black Mayor
Allison Madison is also the city’s first female mayor.

Read more at: https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/election/article263877867.html#storylink=cpy One of the longest tenured judges in Wyandotte County was unseated by...
By Jeff Truesdell via https://people.com/ Romay Davis is the oldest of six survivors of the first all-female,...
By: Surbhi Bir via https://www.ryerson.ca/ The Viola Desmond Awards and Bursary recognizes the outstanding achievements of...
BY MALAIKA JABALI via https://www.essence.com/ BEVERLY LORRAINE GREENE, A CHICAGO NATIVE, MADE HER MARK ACROSS THE GLOBE...
By Scott Stump via https://www.today.com/ The retired Black figure skater, the first woman to attempt a quad...
by Dalia Perez via https://www.11alive.com/ Ivery Stokes made history as Walmart’s first Black woman truck driver....
via https://www.chicagotribune.com/ To compile a list of 36 Black women who have changed American history, 24/7...
by Conrad Benner via https://billypenn.com/ You can count the city’s statues of women in history on...
By Alison Flood via https://www.theguardian.com/ US treasury secretary says the writer and civil rights campaigner’s appearance...
By: Mike Glover via https://www.newson6.com/ TAFT, Oklahoma – In 1973, Lelia Foley-Davis was elected the mayor...
by Charlene Rhinehart via https://www.blackenterprise.com/ Virginia grandma Viola Brown just reached a milestone that few people see:...
by By Scottie Andrew, CNN The National Inventors Hall of Fame lineup is full of familiar...