NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson being honored in bronze
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS INSTITUTE, W.Va. (AP) _ Katherine Johnson, the NASA mathematician whose calculations helped bring Apollo astronauts back to Earth, is being …
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It’s bigger than Starbucks
MIAMI SHORES, Fla. – When two black men were led out of a Philadelphia Starbucks in handcuffs for essentially doing what people go to Starbucks …
Democrat Abrams is nation’s first black woman nominee for governor
Stacey Abrams giving victory speech. Photo Courtesy HelloGiggles By BEN NADLER Associated Press ATLANTA – Stacey Abrams won Georgia’s Democratic primary in the gubernatorial race …
Black women look to flex power in Georgia governor’s race
Stacey Abrams Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons By ERRIN HAINES WHACK AP National Writer ATLANTA (AP) _ This week’s primary election in Georgia presents black …
Week in review
TUSKEGEE NAMES FIRST PERMANENT FEMALE PRESIDENT COURTESY OF TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) – Historically black Tuskegee University has named the first female president on …
Three Civil Rights stalwarts chosen for the Hall of Fame
CIVIL RIGHTS LEGENDS: John Due, left, is being inducted into the Florida Civil Rights Hall of Fame with Marvin Davies, center, and Rev. Willie Oliver …
Freedom Ride program to take students to civil rights sites
Photo Courtesy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Task Force, Inc. Associated Press SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) _ The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Task Force …
South African photographer of iconic protest image dies
Image of a black high school student carrying a fatally wounded fellow pupil away from the gunfire of apartheid police in 1976. PHOTO COURTESY OF …
Week in review
NORTHWESTERN MARKS 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF MAJOR BLACK PROTEST EVANSTON, Ill.(AP) – Northwestern University is celebrating the 50th anniversary of a major protest by African American …
From boys to doctors
GOOD MEDICINE: Dr. Chris Miller works with young boys at Wiley Elementary School in Greensboro, North Carolina inspiring them to become medical doctors. PHOTO COURTESY …