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Today, The Black Scholars Index celebrates Ida Gray Nelson/Rollins. She was the first African-American to graduate with a degree in dentistry and the first African-American woman to practice dentistr

Today, The Black Scholars Index celebrates James McCune Smith, the 1st African-American to earn a Medical Degree and run a Pharmacy in the US. http://www.blackscholarsindex.com/2010/03/james-mccune-s

Today, The Black Scholars Index features Shirley Clarke Franklin. She is the 58th mayor of Atlanta and the first female to hold the post and became the first black woman to be elected mayor of any ma

Today, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. Hazo W. Carter, Jr. He is the 9th President of West Virginia State College and became it's first President when it became West Virginia

Today, The Black Scholars Index celebrates Dr. Wendy Carter. She has earned 5 degrees and is a true testament that mountains can be moved. Check out the story of how she beat seemingly insurmountabl

Today, The Black Scholars Index celebrates Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander. She was one the first African American women to receive a Ph.D. in the United States, the first woman to receive a law degre

Have you ever lost something? Just when you were about to give up you uncovered it in the first place that you looked. It was there all the time but you overlooked the one place that it should be. I

Today, The Black Scholars Index celebrates Dr. Geogiana Simpson, 1 of the first 3 African-American women to obtain PhDs in the United States. She was a polished woman who became close friends with Fre

How many times have you heard that a brand new year is "your time"? Well, it can mean more than just a catchphrase this year if you're a woman who senses the winds of transition blowing your way.

Today, The Black Scholars Index features Michael J. Sorrell, 34th President of Paul Quinn College. Under his leadership, the school has embarked upon an aggressive agenda that stres

Today, The Black Scholars Index celebrates Dr. Philip Emeagwali. He has been called the "Bill Gates of Africa" and the "unsung hero of the internet" after using 65,000 processors to invent the world'

Today, The Black Scholars Index features William R. Moss. In 1999, Will Moss founded HBCUconnect.com - one of the first social network for African Americans. To date, it’s the largest online destinat