19 Black trailblazers that may not have been in your history book
While lectures on the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman are all important, some educators ...
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Black History Month: 19 Black trailblazers that may not have been in your history book
While lectures on the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman are all important, some educators (and their students) are eager to learn more about underrepresented ...
Black History Month: Central Florida pilot empowers Black women in the aviation industry
When most teenagers were focused on cars and getting their driver's licenses, Jayla Jackson was determined to learn how to fly.
West Point shuts down clubs for women and students of color in response to Trump’s DEI policies
The U.S. Military Academy at West Point has ordered a dozen cadet clubs focused on ethnicity and gender to disband in ...
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Black scientists’ contributions to research throughout history
Jewel Plummer Cobb was a cancer researcher who investigated how hormones, ultraviolet light and chemotherapeutic drugs can ...
WVU says Black, Women’s History Month activities not canceled amid DEI closure, despite rumors
A prominent West Virginia University alumnus expressed her concern that the university was canceling Women’s History Month ...
Soldier, mentor, friend: Black Hawk pilot killed in crash was Durham native, UNC grad
The Army on Friday released the names of the two other soldiers on the helicopter, Staff Sgt. Ryan Austin O’Hara, 28, of ...
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Barbara Brown Simmons: The history of the first Black woman to graduate from UNM Law
Barbara Brown Simmons was the first Black woman to graduate from the University of New Mexico School of Law and the first ...
Who was Black Hawk pilot Rebecca Lobach? Colleagues say she had a ‘calling to serve.’
Capt. Rebecca Lobach, left, and now-Capt. Bilal Kordab pose December 2018 after Lobach took the oath of enlistment into the ...
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University of Michigan’s 1st Black female medical grad revolutionized minority care
ANN ARBOR, MI - In a seminal work detailing Black health issues in the United States, Sophia Jones wrote about issues still felt in 2025. Infant mortality. Vaccine skepticism. Access to care.
Meet 9 trailblazing ‘hidden figures’ of Black history from across the Charlotte region
Many Charlotte-area residents are familiar with some of the more notable figures in local Black history, people like Harvey Gantt, the first Black student accepted to enroll at Clemson University who ...