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Resources like BlackPast.org, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and the Library of Congress are great ways to learn little-known facts about Black history and broaden ...
Each year from Feb. 1 to March 1, Black History Month is recognized in the U.S. Set aside to commemorate the many contributions and accomplishments of Black Americans, the observation provides an ...
3. Though they were forbidden from signing up officially, a large number of Black women served as scouts, nurses and spies in the Civil War.. 4. One of the greatest African rulers of all time ...
First known African-American woman to graduate from one of the Seven Sisters colleges: Hortense Parker (Mount Holyoke College) [88] [Note 7] First African-American woman to earn a PhD. Nettie Craig-Asberry June 12, 1883, earns her doctoral degree in music from the University of Kansas one month shy of her 18th birthday.
September 10 – Two black students are prevented by a mob from entering a junior college in Texarkana, Texas. Schools in Louisville, KY are successfully desegregated. September 12 – Four black children enter an elementary school in Clay, KY under National Guard protection; white students boycott. The school board bars the 4 again on ...
This list of African-American inventors and scientists documents many of the African-Americans who have invented a multitude of items or made discoveries in the course of their lives. These have ranged from practical everyday devices to applications and scientific discoveries in diverse fields, including physics, biology, math, and medicine.
The lesson then moves into other icons of Black history — which includes inventors as well little-known changemakers in the farming industry. A student works on part of a Black History Month ...
Black History Month is an annually observed commemorative month originating in the United States, where it is also known as African-American History Month. [4] [5] It began as a way of remembering important people and events in the history of the African diaspora, initially lasting a week before becoming a month-long observation since 1970. [6]