Tag - Black History

Jamaican Bessie B Stringfield First Black Woman to Ride Motorcycle across USA

Jamaican Bessie B. Stringfield, First Black Woman to Ride Motorcycle across USA, Featured in New York Times “Overlooked” Series

Latin America First Black Vice President Is of Jamaican Descent Epsy Campbell Costa Rica

Latin America’s First Black Vice President Is of Jamaican Descent

Barrington Irving starts solo flight

This Day In Jamaican History

On This Day Barrington Irving Began His Journey To Become The First Black Person & Jamaican To Fly Solo Around The World

Jamaican Dr Odette Harris Standford Professor of Neurosurgery

Jamaican Neurosurgeon is now the first black woman to become an Ivy League Professor of Neurosurgery in the United States

Jamaican Honored as First Black Mayor of British town Eunice Whit Stennett

Jamaican Honored as First Black Mayor of British town

First Black-Owned Winery in Napa Has a Jamaican Connection

First Black-Owned Winery in Napa Has a Jamaican Connection

Jamaican Janiel Myers named first black Emory Law Journal editor-in-chief

Jamaican-Born Woman Named First Black Editor-in-Chief of Emory Law Journal

Maurice Ashley

7 Jamaicans Who Have Contributed to Black American History

Jamaican Bessie Stringfield First Black Woman ride Motorcycle - AMA Hall of Fame

Info & Resources

Did You Know A Jamaican Was The First Black Woman To Complete A Solo Motorcycle Ride Across The US?

Ashleigh Johnson

First Black Woman to Play on US Olympic Water Polo Team Has Roots in Jamaica