By Marc W. Polite Greetings, everyone. We are now in February. That means it’s Black History Month. 2024 is a leap year, so we get an extra day to highlight […]
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Category: Historical
Las Vegas Could Soon See a Brand New African American Museum
By Tianna Mañón Maya Ford had no idea when she created the Standard of Love, a model for compassionately collecting data and working with communities, that one day she could be helping […]
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NASA at 65
By Marc W. Polite 2023 marks the 65th anniversary of NASA’s foundation. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was founded on July 29, 1958. The agency’s creation was a response […]
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“The Five Demands” To Show at Maysles Documentary Center July 13th
In April 1969, a small group of Black and Puerto Rican students shut down the City College of New York, an elite public university located in the heart of Harlem. […]
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A Brief Look at the History of United States Flag Designs
If you grew up attending public school in the United States, then you’ve probably heard the story about how a woman named Betsy Ross made the first flag. Unfortunately for […]
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