Black History Month Spotlight Alexander Miles, Dr. G. Carter Woodson, Dr. Rebecaa Lee Crumpler, Stevie Wonder, Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) Sor cover art

Black History Month Spotlight Alexander Miles, Dr. G. Carter Woodson, Dr. Rebecaa Lee Crumpler, Stevie Wonder, Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) Sor

Black History Month Spotlight Alexander Miles, Dr. G. Carter Woodson, Dr. Rebecaa Lee Crumpler, Stevie Wonder, Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) Sor

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  • Dr. Rebecca Crumpler was the first African American woman to earn an M.D. degree. YEAR. 1883.
  • Carter G. Woodson, a groundbreaking historian and Harvard alum, is known as the father of Black history.
  • Alexander Miles invented the automatic elevator door system, which made elevators safer to ride.
  • Stevie Wonder's Innervisions is considered a significant album in Black history because it was the first time a Black artist won the Grammy for Album of the Year.
  • The oldest Black female Greek-letter organization, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (AKA), was founded at Howard University in 1908.
  • Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. is the first Black Greek letter organization. In 1906.

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