Leonard Blair And Travonda Blair

Bianca Belair's great-grandfather was the first licensed African American electrician in Durham, N.C named Edward N. Toole.

Impressively, at the age of 95, In 1993, he was still a licensed and practicing electrician. Also, Toole's father was the son of the governor of South Carolina.

Belair's grandfather, Edward G. High, had a career in biochemistry and nutrition. Additionally, High was a professor and chairman of biochemistry at Meharry Medical College.

Also, he earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry, a master’s degree in organic chemistry, and a doctoral degree in biological chemistry.

Moreover, he was renowned as the first black president of the Alumni Association Board at Indiana University. 

Miranda Hunt,  Bianca Belair's aunt was one of the first blacks to integrate St. Cecilia High School in Nashville, Tenn.

Her mother has a godfather named Z. Alexander Looby, who was a lawyer and civil rights activist in Nashville.

He did good work beginning the school desegregation movement in Nashville and also defended students who were arrested in the Nashville sit-in.

However, everybody didn't take it positively, his house was bombed and dynamited by segregationists. 

Bianca Belair witnessed herself, she saw the picture of the bombed house which was almost destroyed.

The athlete's grandmother had a wall filled with pictures and newspaper articles in her home in Nashville.

She got to know about her grandfather performing studies in places like Africa, Latin America, South America, and the Middle East by reading articles and seeing pictures.

According to her, passing down the family history to further generations is very important to know the family’s achievements and struggles.

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