Tag: black history
Victor Glover to Become the First Black NASA Astronaut to Live...
By Dana Gives
Black Enterprise
This past weekend, NASA celebrated a historic moment with the launch of the SpaceX Crew-1 mission and Victor J. Glover became the first Black astronaut to live...
Trailblazer Autherine Lucy Foster Awarded Honorary Doctorate From Miles College
By Sydney Melson
The Birmingham Times
Miles College on Wednesday honored Autherine Lucy Foster an alumna and the first African American to enroll and attend the...
Miles College to honor Autherine Lucy Foster, alumna and first Black...
The Birmingham Times
Miles College will honor Autherine Lucy Foster an alumna and the first African American to enroll and attend the University of...
Why Black History Should be Taught Starting in Elementary School
By Idrissa N. Snider
The real story of African people, being stripped from their native civilizations, cultural customs and practices to build the wealth flowing...
Expelled in 1956, first black student at University of Alabama gets...
Associated Press
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Autherine Lucy Foster, the first African-American student to attend the University of Alabama, received an honorary doctorate degree last...
Books and Brunch: A Celebration of Literacy, History and Sisterhood
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Imagine a safe space to celebrate black womanhood and culture while learning about black history through books by black authors....
New Interactive Website Featuring Henry Louis Gates, Tracks Slave Voyages
By Stacy M. Brown
BlackPressUSA
In his PBS series, “Finding Your Roots …” Henry Louis Gates Jr. presents guests whose roots cover the globe – from...
Congressional leaders in Birmingham for Civil Rights Pilgrimage
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
Many of Alabama’s political leaders, locally and nationally, gathered Friday in Birmingham for the 26th annual Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage....
Frank Robinson, baseball’s fearsome trailblazer, dies at 83
By David Ginsburg and Ben Walker
Associated Press
Crowding the plate, fearsome and fearless, Frank Robinson hammered his way into the Hall of Fame.
His legacy, however,...
Birmingham residents, groups commemorate 50th anniversary of Dr. King’s death
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
Outside, recordings of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s speeches blared over speakers in front of Birmingham Civil...