We can thank Dr. Corbett for one of the biggest breakthroughs in 2020: developing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. The 35-year-old viral immunologist and research fellow in the National Institute of Health’s Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory led the team that designed the vaccine within two days of the virus being discovered. 3 Sydney Barber Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathan Burke
In January, Sydney Barber became the first Black, female brigade commander at the U.S. Naval Academy. The 21-year-old will lead 4,500 midshipmen in the brigade’s daily activities and professional training until she graduates in May. 4 Amanda Gorman Rob CarrGetty Images
Amanda Gorman made history as the nation’s first-ever youth poet laureate in 2017 and as the youngest inaugural poet at 22 years old. The poem Gorman recited for the Inauguration titled “The Hill We Climb” called for strength and bravery.
Following the lead of trailblazers throughout American history, today s Black history-makers are shaping not only today but tomorrow.
From helping to develop a Covid-19 vaccine, to breaking barriers in the White House and in the C-suite, below are 23 Black leaders who are shattering glass ceilings in their wide-ranging roles.
Kamala Harris, 56, first Black, first South Asian American and first woman Vice President
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Vice President Kamala Harris.
On Jan. 20, Kamala Harris became the first Black, first South Asian American and first woman Vice President of the United States.
Harris, born in Oakland, California to an Indian mother and Jamaican father, spoke about her mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, in her first speech as vice president-elect.
harvard and yale cannot truly claim to promote academics when we are smearing the truth. so we are calling for our friends from yale to promote the change. and so in syracuse university, there is a hell of a week where there have been 12 hate crimes in one week and a teacher who was sent a get in the oven anti-semitic note. and the students of asian and black dissent came together to form something called not an, and they stood up to the students and the administrations and good to the students for doing the right thing against the climate change and against hate, and student activists won the week. but carole simpson and john harwood and jill wine bbanc. thank you very much more. wiba thank you very much more. spend at a small business, an average of 67 cents stays local. shop small and watch it add up.