The Mercury 13 – the 13 Americans who were part of a research program to test and screen women for spaceflight from 1959 to ...

Black History Month is a good time to celebrate notable Black scientists, like Katherine Johnson, Benjamin Banneker, and more ...

The City of Rahway will host the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition “Black Wings: American Dreams of Flight” at The ...

Another Black icon with the name is Eartha M. M. White, a humanitarian and philanthropist. The name, like it sounds, means ...

A key area victory tastes just a little sweeter when it’s over a cross-county rival. Hazel Green’s boys knocked off Class 6A ...

The women of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated are history-making and inspirational. As the sorority celebrates 117 years since its official founding, here’s a list of just some of the ...

She looks forward to more anniversary festivities in 2025. "The celebration of the 100th anniversary started in October with Mae Jemison's visit — the first African American woman in space ...

Jemison was positioned near the 50-yard line ... Jun, 15, a sophomore at Lakota West, was introduced to track and field after her sister, Mae, 13, also a girl from China with special needs ...

Colloquium speakers have included former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Olympic gold medalist Mia Hamm, and Mae Jemison, the first woman of color to travel into space. In 2020, the council ...

About 500,000 Black people migrated to the city between 1916 and 1970. Many famous Black notables, such as Mae Jemison, Ida B. Wells and John H. Johnson, have called Chicago home as well.