The first African-American US Senator. Edward Brooke was born in Washington D.C. in 1919. He joined the army in 1941 and saw combat in Italy. In 1962 he was elected Attorney General of Massachusetts. Making him the 1st African-American AG elected in any state. In 1966 he was elected Senator of Massachusetts. He served 2 terms from 1967 to 1979. …
Madam C.J. Walker
Meet America’s first self-made female millionaire. Sarah Breedlove was born in Louisiana in 1867. First in her family born free after Emancipation Proclamation. Her first job was in her brothers’ barber shop in St. Louis. Like many women of the era, she suffered from hair loss. She moved to Denver to start her own hair care business. She married Charles …