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Two Black Pioneers Who Changed Heart Surgery
Daniel Hale Williams pushed the boundaries of cardiac surgery in 1893. More than 50 years later, Vivien Thomas helped develop the groundbreaking Blue Baby...
What Happened to Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles?
Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles grew from a Harlem-inspired restaurant into an institution within Black Los Angeles. In this STM Daily News Podcast short, we...
Where Did Black Los Angeles Go?
Los Angeles once had one of the most concentrated and influential Black communities in the West. Today, its population is smaller and spread across...
What in the Heck Is a Sweat Bee? And Yes, My Wife Was Right
When my wife Rebecca told me she thought she'd been stung by a sweat bee, I figured she was making it up. A sweat...
Madam C. J. Walker: From Washerwoman to Beauty Mogul
From washerwoman to pioneering entrepreneur, Madam C. J. Walker built far more than a beauty empire. Born Sarah Breedlove to formerly enslaved parents, she...
Marian Croak: The Inventor Who Helped Pioneer Internet Calling
Meet Marian Croak, the groundbreaking engineer and inventor who helped pioneer Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), technology that helped transform how we communicate online....