Dr. Hadiyah- Nicole Green the second African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. And is the recipient of a $1.1 million grant to further develop a technology she’s pioneered that uses laser-activated nanoparticles to treat cancer. Testing her treatment on mice was a success and Dr. Green became the first person to successfully cure cancer using nanoparticles. It was after an internship at NASA that Green realized the pote

Dr. Hadiyah- Nicole Green the second African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. And is the recipient of a $1.1 million grant to further develop a technology she’s pioneered that uses laser-activated nanoparticles to treat cancer. Testing her treatment on mice was a success and Dr. Green became the first person to successfully cure cancer using nanoparticles. Morehouse School of Medicine assistant professor and one of the

#CarolElizabethMoseleyBraun. She was the first female African-American Senator, the first African-American U.S. Senator for the Democratic Party, the first woman to defeat an incumbent U.S. Senator in an election, and the first female Senator from Illinois. Currently, Moseley-Braun teaches at DePaul University in Chicago and Morris Brown College in Atlanta, where she also serves as vice president of the consulting firm GoodWorks International.#BlackHistoryMonth

#JanetEmersonBashen is an African-American entrepreneur who founded the #BashenCorporation, a human resources consulting firm. She earned a patent for her invention of an equal employment opportunity software tool called #LinkLine. She was inducted into the Black Inventors Hall of Fame in 2007 and won a number of other awards throughout her career, including the Houston 100 in 1999, 2000, and 2002 and the Pinnacle Award in 2003. #BlackHistoryMonth

#MarthaLynnSherrod was the first African American judge elected to a countywide seat in Madison County. Before that, she was presiding municipal judge, assistant district attorney and taught criminal justice at Alabama A&M. Sherrod developed the state's first court program for parents with substance-abuse problems and later launched a similar program for juveniles. Judge Sherrod is the FIRST African American Judge with a portrait in the Madison County Courthouse. #AAMU #Hunts

Dr. #AnnRoyMoore became #Huntsville City School system's first black superintendent when she was hired in 2001 and was named Alabama's superintendent of the year in 2008. #BlackHistoryMonth

Opening day was in 1962. The late #WillieBattle was educated in the Madison County School system. He was the owner of Freeman & Battle Barber Shop, the oldest black owned barber shop in Huntsville. Willie had served the Huntsville community as a barber for 57 years. Willie was a member and the first African American to serve on the Madison County Barbers Examiners Board. #WillieB #BlackHistoryMonth