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1619 Project – New York Times

Kate Brown vs Washington-Alexandria Railroad Case

Before Rosa Parks, There Was Claudette Colvin

Public Schools Are Increasingly More Deficient

WILLIE O’REE, 1ST NHL PLAYER

NASA Legend – Katherine Johnson

Public Schools Are Increasingly More Deficient

From 1957 to 1970, I attended class everyday in the Los Angeles Unified School District. It was not until I was in my middle ages that I believed there was […]

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 spirit

1619 Project – New York Times

January 5, 2021January 9, 2021 spirit

Kate Brown vs Washington-Alexandria Railroad Case

February 8, 1868 As a Senate employee “in charge of the ladies’ retiring room,” Kate Brown worked hard. Senators noticed her “lady-like character” and described her as “intelligent” and “refined.” […]

December 12, 2020January 9, 2021 spirit

Before Rosa Parks, There Was Claudette Colvin

Retiree Claudette Colvin was 15 the day she refused to give up her seat on the bus. “My head was just too full of black history, you know, the oppression […]

December 12, 2020December 12, 2020 spirit

WILLIE O’REE, 1ST NHL PLAYER

Willie Eldon O’Ree, CM ONB (born October 15, 1935) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, best known for being the first black player in the National Hockey League. O’Ree played as a winger for the Boston Bruins. O’Ree is referred to […]

November 29, 2020November 29, 2020 spirit

NASA Legend – Katherine Johnson

Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson (August 26, 1918 – February 24, 2020) was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of […]

November 24, 2020November 29, 2020 spirit

Frank “Sugar Chile” Robinson – Caldonia

Robinson was born in Detroit, Michigan. At an early age he showed unusual gifts singing the blues and accompanying himself on the piano.[2] According to contemporary newsreels, he was self-taught […]

October 21, 2020November 29, 2020 spirit

Quakers, 1st group opposing human oppression and slave trade

Quakers, also known as “The Society of Friends,” have a long history of abolition. But it was four Pennsylvania Friends from Germantown who wrote the initial protest in the 17th […]

October 16, 2020November 29, 2020 spirit

Bessie Coleman, June of 1921, receives international air pilot’s license

Born in Atlanta, Texas in 1892, Bessie Coleman grew up in a world of harsh poverty, discrimination and segregation. She moved to Chicago at 23 to seek her fortune, but […]

September 16, 2020November 29, 2020 spirit

1919 Race Riots in Chicago: A look back 100 years later

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020 spirit

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