By CHARLOTTE BEACH MARCH 22, 2022 In your American history and social studies classes growing up, you likely weren’t taught about Beverly L. Greene. Despite being the first African American…
Category: Historical Figures
The Woman Whose Tireless Efforts Helped Launch The Famed Tuskegee Airmen
By Monica Danielle March 31 , 2022 Mary McLeod Bethune’s friendship with first lady Eleanor Roosevelt led to the desegregation of pilot training programs. The names of many women who…
Meet Dr. Gladys West, the hidden figure behind your phone’s GPS
Lauren Mackenzie Reynolds Neuroscience Gladys West is one of the reasons why you can receive driving directions from your phone or tag a photo location on Instagram McGill University /…
How the Remarkable Life of Josephine Baker Is Still Inspiring Others to This Day
A controversial performer, a civil rights icon, a war spy, a sex symbol and a devoted mother: these are just some of the lenses through which one could view Josephine…
Meet Valerie Thomas, the inventor and scientist who launched the longest-running satellite program imaging Earth’s surface
Hanusia Higgins Forest Ecology and Invasive Species University of Vermont September 16, 2021 Valerie Thomas retired from NASA in 1995 after three decades of work, and she left with a legacy as a trailblazing…
Then Again: The Dred Scott decision tore the country apart
By Mark Bushnell Oct 24 2021 The decision was just what the country didn’t need. America was already torn by sectional conflict when in 1857 the U.S. Supreme Court issued its…
6888TH CENTRAL POSTAL DIRECTORY BATTALION (1945–1946
AUGUST 31, 2016 CONTRIBUTED BY: SAMUEL MOMODU The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was an all-black battalion of the Woman’s Army Corps (WAC). The 6888th had 855 enlisted African American…
Stagecoach Mary Fields
By Shelby Amspacher; Intern, Department of Education and Visitor Services Standing six feet tall and powerful, many bandits learned to stay clear of Stagecoach Mary in the American Old West.…
WALTER SAMUEL MCAFEE (1914-1995)
POSTED ON JANUARY 9, 2015 CONTRIBUTED BY: CHRISTOPHER KINSON Walter Samuel McAfee, theoretical physicist, professor, and civil servant was born in Ore City, Texas to Susie and Luther McAfee on September 2, 1914. His…
Meet William Harvey Carney, The Fearless Civil War Soldier Who Never Let The American Flag Fall In Battle
By Kaleena Fraga | Checked By Leah Silverman Published February 22, 2022 Updated February 23, 2022 As one of the first Black men to receive the Medal of Honor, William Harvey Carney made history for…