In her comic that revolves around single black female characters, Brandon-Croft presents spirited, sometimes heated discussions addressing issues of race, identity, and relationships—topics atypical of most strips in the 1990s. Her work debuted in the Detroit Free Press in 1989 and in 1991 she became the first nationally syndicated black female cartoonist.
The first half of the 20th century saw Greene rise as a top expert in the rare book world as librarian and first director of the Morgan Library and Museum.
Benjamin Roberts, an African American, sued the city of Boston in 1848 stating that his daughter Sarah Roberts was unlawfully refused entrance to five schools between her home and the Smith School.
Ran Boston’s Reid Funeral Home for decades
Dancer, choreographer and anthropologist
Assistant editor of The Guardian, a newspaper dedicated to civil rights
Harlem Renaissance poet, painter, theater designer, and sculptor
In 1853, Prince published A Narrative of the Life and Travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince Written by Herself
A former director of the Museum of African American History, Ruth Batson (1921-2003) was chairperson of the education committee of Boston NAACP that led the fight in the early 1960s against segregation in the Boston Public Schools.
Boston women teacher who successfully challenged the 1880s School Committee regulation that women resign upon marriage