Category: Trailblazers

Space Scientist Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocok Is A Barbie Role Model

Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocok has been recognized by Mattel as a Barbie Role Model and honored with a Barbie made with her likeness. Click here to learn about Dr. Aderin-Pocok and her impact in STEM.

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Trailblazers

Solange Knowles Just Made History

Solange Knowles is the first African American woman to compose an original piece for the New York City Ballet.

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snapshots of Ida B Well's likeness in a Mattel Barbie Doll

Black History, Trailblazers

Revolutionary Journalist Ida B. Wells Is Added To Barbie’s Inspiring Women Series

Ida B. Wells is the latest addition to Barbie's Inspiring Women Series that previously featured Rosa Parks and Ella Fitzgerald. Click here to learn about the Wells' impact on American journalism.

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Trailblazers

Here Is What I Learned From Reading bell hooks

bell hooks was a writer, professor, and literature critic whose work resonated with me. Her literature inspired me to write and encouraged me to read. Click here to see what I learned.

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Image of 15 year old Claudette Colvin next to news paper article about her

Black History, Trailblazers

Claudette Colvin, The Girl That Came Before Rosa Parks, Files To Get Her Record Cleared From 1955

Before Rosa Parks, there was Claudette Colvin. Claudette Colvin refused to move to the back of a segregated bus in Alabama, months before Rosa Parks.

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Josephine Baker photographed by Henri Manuel

Black History, Trailblazers

Josephine Baker’s Pantheon Burial Makes History

American-born entertainer Josephine Baker is the first Black woman to be honored with a Panthéon burial. Learn more about her inspiring life and why she is being honored.

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