The overwhelming success of the film Hidden Figures, starring Taraji P. Henson, highlighted three African-American women who were instrumental in propelling the U.S. space program. The state of Arkansas has a hidden figure of its own in Raye Montague, who is the first person to design a U.S. Navy ship using a computer. Montague was […]
A Few Fun Facts about Robert Nesta “Bob” Marley Bob Marley was born February 6, 1945 in Nine Mile, Jamaica He got the nickname “Whiteboy” because of his mixed racial makeup Once a palm reader/fortune teller Raised Catholic, but became interested in Rastafari beliefs in the 60s Bob Marley drove a BMW for years, as […]
May 2018 will be a historic month for Jeanette Epps as she will become the first African American female Astronaut to work as a crew member on the International Space Station and call it home for six months. Epps will be the fourteenth African-American in space and the the fourth African-American women in space. The first […]
February is Black History Month. It began as “Negro History Week” in 1926, and was created by noted African American historian and scholar Carter G, Woodson. By 1976, it became a month-long celebration. While its unconfirmed, reports say February was chosen for Black History Month to coincide with the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham […]