“Ice cream is one of those supercalifragilistic, whitewashed things where they wrote Black people out of the history,” says Tonya Hopkins, aka The Food Griot, a food historian in New York. “Before there were mechanical ice cream makers, Black people were literally the ice cream makers.” Link to full article.

Jackie Ormes was an American cartoonist, recognized as the first African-American woman in the field. She created the Torchy Brown comic strip and the Patty-Jo ‘n’ Ginger panel. Born on August 1, 1911, in Pittsburgh, PA, and passing away on December 26, 1985, in Chicago, IL, Ormes made significant contributions to the comic industry. Link to An Unstoppable Force: The Story of Cartoonist Jackie Ormes.

In 1951, Henrietta Lacks, a young Black woman from Baltimore, passed away from cancer, but before her death, a sample of her cells was taken without her knowledge. These cells, known as HeLa cells, were unique in that they continued to grow and multiply, becoming the first “immortalized” human cell line. HeLa cells have since played a crucial role in countless medical breakthroughs, saving and improving millions of lives. Link to How one woman’s ‘immortal’ cells changed the world.