Saudi Arabian astronaut Rayyanah Barnawi reached the stars and made history on May 21. As part of the SpaceX Ax-2 mission, the 34-year-old became the …
Read moreFirst Saudi Arabian woman astronaut lands at International Space Station
A Florida A&M University graduate is making history by becoming the first Black woman to train at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee as a neurosurgery resident. When …
Read moreHBCU grad makes history as Vanderbilt’s first Black female neurosurgery resident
Brehanna Daniels was never very interested in race car driving. In fact, she never gave the sport much thought at all. Now, the 27-year-old is …
Georgia elected its first Black senator on Jan. 5. The Rev. Raphael Warnock, a Democrat, won one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs, defeating Republican Kelly …
Read moreRev. Raphael Warnock just became the first Black senator in Georgia history
When the National Football League’s Los Angeles Rams and Tampa Bay Buccaneers take the field on Nov. 23, it will be an historic night. But …
Read moreNFL’s first-ever all-Black crew will officiate Monday night’s game
For the first time in 175 years, the United States Naval Academy has appointed a Black woman as a brigade commander. The U.S Naval Academy …
Read moreUS Naval Academy appointed its first Black female brigade commander
Mauree Turner’s election to Oklahoma’s state House marks two firsts: The 27-year-old will be the state’s first Muslim lawmaker, as well as the first out …
Read moreMauree Turner is the first out nonbinary state lawmaker
In 1866, a group of forward-thinking Americans in Paris, France, decided to create a “national institution and gallery of art” in the United States to …
Read moreThe Met has hired its first-ever full-time Native American curator