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        Charles Drew, the black physician who created the first blood bank in 1941

        Charles Drew, the black physician who created the first blood bank in 1941

        He dropped out of school to build a firm valued at $600m, he is now investing $100 million in female-founded startups

        He dropped out of school to build a firm valued at $600m, he is now investing $100 million in female-founded startups

        From having $10 in her bank account to making over $109,000 selling NFTs at age 36

        From having $10 in her bank account to making over $109,000 selling NFTs at age 36

        Why this engineer ditched her job to focus on her side hustle that earned her $170,000 in one year

        Why this engineer ditched her job to focus on her side hustle that earned her $170,000 in one year

        How Arlo Washington went from cutting hair to building the first black-owned bank in Arkansas

        How Arlo Washington went from cutting hair to building the first black-owned bank in Arkansas

        Rejected by Shark Tank, Melissa Butler’s vegan lipsticks are now the largest black-owned makeup brand at Target

        Rejected by Shark Tank, Melissa Butler’s vegan lipsticks are now the largest black-owned makeup brand at Target

        17-year-old still in high school opens his own brick-and-mortar ice cream shop after first business failed

        17-year-old still in high school opens his own brick-and-mortar ice cream shop after first business failed

        How this 11-year-old built his own lawn care business

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        Osbourn Dorsey, the 16-year-old African American who invented the doorknob in 1878

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          Amazing story – Meet 23yr old Jessikah Inaba, UK’s first black and blind barrister

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          Amazing story – Meet 23yr old Jessikah Inaba, UK’s first black and blind barrister

          Jessikah Inaba, 23, qualified last week after studying for five years at the University of Law in London. She managed to complete her entire course using Braille, and credits her friends and tutors for helping to fill in the gaps. Jess, has now joined the Bar- and is believed to be the first black and blind person to do so.

          Jess, from Camden, north London, said: ‘It’s been crazy – I still can’t really believe I’ve done it,’ ‘One day I’ll wake up and realise how amazing this is.

          ‘It was hard and I often thought of giving up, but my supportive family gave me courage and strength.

          ‘I always believed in myself from the start – there’s nothing about me which means this isn’t possible.

          ‘I know I can do this job really well, and the more people like me who go through training the easier it will become.

          ‘It’s a really good feeling, I know I’m giving hope to others in similar situations to mine. There’s a triple glazed glass ceiling.

          ‘I’m not the most common gender or colour, and I have a disability, but by pushing through I’m easing the burden on the next person like me.’

          Jess is completely blind and had to use Braille throughout her time at the University of Law in London.

          She started her accelerated law degree in September 2017 before starting a master’s two years later alongside a professional training course.

          Braille can be read on a special screen that usually gives one line at a time, or from specially printed books.

          But Jess claims it took seven months for her university to obtain one of her two key study texts so she could read on her computer, and five months for the other.

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          And, because of pictures and tables in the books, her Braille screen missed huge chunks of material, she said.

          Jess says she got through most of her university studies by making her own braille notes by transcribing her lecture notes and by asking friends to read to her.

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