Tag: Black Excellence
Booker T. Washington was one of the most influential figures in post-Reconstruction America, a man whose belief in education, discipline, and economic independence helped shape the future of Black progress during one of the most oppressive periods in U.S. history. Born into slavery in 1856 in Virginia, Washington experienced firsthand the brutality and limitations imposed […]
Shirley Chisholm was more than a politician, she was a revolution in motion. Bold, brilliant, and unapologetically independent, Chisholm broke barriers that few dared to challenge, becoming the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress in 1968 and later, the first woman and African American to seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972. […]
David Lloyd Steward was born July 2, 1951, in Chicago, Illinois, but his early years were spent in rural Clinton, Missouri, where his family moved when he was still a child. Growing up in a segregated environment, he experienced the realities of racial discrimination firsthand, separate schools, restricted access, and limited opportunities. Steward earned a […]
