The third, the forthcoming American Women’s History Museum, named a new leader last year. Representatives for the African American Museum did not respond to a request for comment. Young and ...

Maggie Walker was an African American businesswoman who defied the odds and made history during the atrocities of the Jim ...

Bessie Coleman was the first African-American woman, and also the first woman of Native-American descent, to hold a pilot’s license. Coleman grew up in a cruel world of poverty and discrimination.

Kevin Young, who has led the National Museum of African American History and Culture since 2021, went on leave before the president criticized the institution in an executive order. By Graham ...

The first African-American woman to fly in space, Mae Jemison (1956-) holds a B.S. in chemical engineering. In 1992, she served on an eight-day Space Shuttle mission that conducted microgravity ...