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Carla Hayden became the first woman sworn in to take top ranks in the Library of Congress. She is now officially confirmed as the librarian of Congress, the second largest library in the world. The Library of Congress holds 183 million items and 838 miles of bookshelves. Carla Hayden is one of only 14 people […]
So often in school our exposure to Black History begins with the Ancient Egyptians then jumps to the enslavement of African people. But what happened in between?
“When you’ve been excluded from the class, and they’re going on a trip, you usually don’t follow along on the trip.”
The Lone Ranger Born into slavery on July 1838, in Crawford County, Arkansas Reeves family were property of Arkansas state legislator William Steel Reeves. Bass worked along with his parents and started out as a water boy until he was able to work the fields. They were relocated to Grayson County, Texas where Bass would […]
The Great Western Staircase is located in the New York State Capitol Building in Albany, NY, and portrays busts of famous New York State historical figures and significant scenes in American history. Among the 77 busts carved, some of the names include, Susan B. Anthony, Christopher Columbus, Benjamin Franklin, and, most importantly, Frederick Douglass.
Today we honor one of black history’s greatest and most underrated, Perry Young, the first African American pilot to fly for a regularly scheduled commercial airline in the United States. It’s August 14, 1939. The second World War has begun, Marvin Gaye had just been born a few months prior, and no one knew who […]
Congratulations Mareena Robinson Snowden!! #keepshining Mareena Robinson Snowden became the first black woman to earn a P.h.D in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology!
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