Lucy Diggs Slowe was born on July 4th, 1885. She was the first Black woman to serve as the Dean of Women at any American University. She was also one of the founders of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, the first sorority founded by Black women. Slowe also earned the national title of the American Tennis Association’s first tournament in 1917 and became the first Black person to win a national title in any sport. Mary Powell Burrill was an educator and playwright who wrote plays about the Black experience…
