Influential African-Americans who died in 2022 | Richmond Free Press | Serving the African American Community in Richmond, VA

Instead of a single #BlackPioneer today, here’s a list of those we’ve lost this year. #BlackHistoryEveryDay

http://m.richmondfreepress.com/news/2022/dec/29/influential-african-americans-who-died-2022/?fbclid=IwAR3JmW9L3FDuKsqVOTkMjrpygucyM7Xuzzap4pqKLilktryLREpy23EKMEY

Henrietta Lacks: science must right a historical wrong

Todays #BlackPioneer is Henrietta Lack, a woman who’s cells HeLa cells has pioneered groundbreaking treatments from cancer, to IVF.

Her cells were taken and used without her consent, so her family continued the fight to make sure nothing like that would happen in scientific research again, although they are grateful that so much good came from it. #BlackHistoryEveryDay

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02494-z

Henrietta Lacks: science must right a historical wrong

Todays #BlackPioneer is Henrietta Lack, a woman who’s cells HeLa cells has pioneered groundbreaking treatments from cancer, to IVF.

Her cells were taken and used without her consent, so her family continued the fight to make sure nothing like that would happen in scientific research again, although they are grateful that so much good came from it. #BlackHistoryEveryDay

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02494-z

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About Equiano | Olaudah Equiano

Todays #BlackPioneer Olaudah Equiano, kidnapped and sold into slavery at the age of 11, he later bought his freedom and became an early abolitionist in Britain, he was a member of the Sons of Africa. Equiano was also the first Black African writer in Europe with his autobiography “The Interesting Narrative” #BlackHistoryEveryDay #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter

https://equiano.uk/about-equiano/

About Equiano | Olaudah Equiano

Todays #BlackPioneer Olaudah Equiano, kidnapped and sold into slavery at the age of 11, he later bought his freedom and became an early abolitionist in Britain, he was a member of the Sons of Africa. Equiano was also the first Black African writer in Europe with his autobiography “The Interesting Narrative” #BlackHistoryEveryDay #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter

https://equiano.uk/about-equiano/

Bond, Hannah | NCpedia

Today’s #BlackPioneer is Hannah Bond, also know by the name Hannah Crafts. She is thought to be the first Black Woman to have written a semi biographical novel “A Bondswoman’s Narrative”

There’s not much information about Hannah, but this is the most thorough bio of this amazing woman #BlackHistoryEveryDay #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter

https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/bond-hannah