Yoel had to make sure his wife was filming this moment – the moment when he opened his first paycheck in America. https://cbsn.ws/3AB8nKo | The Uplift

As a UPS driver, Charlene drew attention wherever she went. “People ran out to see me because they didn’t know UPS had African American drivers, let alone female drivers.” As an African American woman in a white-male dominated business, Charlene knew her decisions weren’t about her but about those who would follow. To celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth we looked to our leaders, past and present, to gain a better understanding of how their challenges and successes shaped their careers and how they shap