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First Black man to sail around the world, Bill Pinkney, dies at 87
September 5, 2023
Captain Bill Pinkney, the first African-American man to sail around the world solo via Cape Horn, has died in Atlanta…
March 5, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - For over 150 years, Edward Bouchet has been heralded as the first African-American to graduate from Yale…
July 26, 2012
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Thelma McWilliams Glass, a longtime professor and civil rights pioneer who helped organize the Montgomery bus…
May 24, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - Radio pioneer Harold "Hal" Jackson, a staple of New York radio, has died. He was in…
February 11, 2010
The virtual museum is a Web site that provides written profiles along with video interviews, photos and historical documents to…
August 4, 2009
The New York Police Department's first black officer is being honored. An intersection in Harlem -- West 135th Street and…