
Erika Weber
Erika Weber grew up in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle Washington. She is currently attending the University of Washington in Seattle where she is a Business Administration major. She is also interested in pursuing a minor in psychology. In the future, she hopes to attend graduate school and earn her MBA. Her ultimate goal is to be a CEO of a record label. She enjoys playing music, especially guitar and piano, and inherited the history buff gene from her dad.
Articles by Erika Weber

Charlotte Wesley Holloman (1922-2015)
Charlotte Wesley Holloman was an opera singer and voice teacher who taught at Howard University for over twenty years as the only vocal faculty member. She was...
January 27th, 2018

Muriel E. Poston (1950- )
Muriel E. Poston is an accomplished botanist and dedicated educator working to increase underrepresented populations in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Her extensive science career crosses...
February 14th, 2018

Theodore Judson Jemison (1918-2013)
Rev. Theodore Judson Jemison was a civil rights leader and president of the National Baptist Convention. He was responsible for leading the Baton Rouge Bus...
February 15th, 2018

Marjorie Stewart Joyner (1896-1994)
Marjorie Stewart Joyner was the inventor of the Permanent Wave Machine thus ensuring her a prominent place in cosmetology history. She helped...
March 9th, 2018

Julia Jeter Cleckley (1944- )
Brigadier General Julia Jeter Cleckley was the first African American female General in the U.S. Army National Guard. Cleckley spent twenty-eight years...
March 25th, 2018

David L. Brewer, III (1946- )
Vice Admiral David L. Brewer III is 35-year veteran of the United States Navy and former superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified...
March 25th, 2018

Alice H. Parker (1895-?)
Alice H. Parker was an African American inventor famous for her patented system of central heating using natural gas. In the 1920s...
April 1st, 2018

Walter J. Whitfield (1948- )
Brigadier General Walter John Whitfield was the first African American General in the Army National Guard. His career extends over thirty...
April 1st, 2018

Garnet Douglass Baltimore (1859-1946)
Garnet Douglass Baltimore was the first African American to earn a bachelor’s degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and was an...
July 7th, 2018

Johnnie Harrison Taylor (1934-2000)
Johnnie Harrison Taylor was an R&B and gospel singer prominent in the 1960s and 1970s. His career crossed genres and generations spanning around four decades and...
August 6th, 2018