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Mae Carol Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama, on October 17, 1956, [1] [2] the youngest of three children of Charlie Jemison and Dorothy Jemison (née Green). [3] Her father was a maintenance supervisor for a charity organization, and her mother worked most of her career as an elementary school teacher of English and math at the Ludwig van Beethoven Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois.
School Library Journal, in a review of The Moon Over Star, wrote "Pinkney's remarkable graphite, ink, and watercolor paintings evoke both the vastness of space and the intimacy of 1960s family life. Writing in the voice of a nine-year-old African-American girl, Aston is lyrical and sometimes evocative, though some of her narrative choices are ...
Mae Jemison October 17, 1956 First African-American woman in space STS-47 (September 12, 1992) [2] 6 Bernard A. Harris Jr. June 26, 1956 First African American to walk in space STS-55 (April 26, 1993) STS-63 (February 3, 1995) [2] 7 Winston E. Scott August 6, 1950 Veteran of three spacewalks STS-72 (January 11, 1996) STS-87 (November 19, 1997 ...
Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History is a guide to African-American black history through re-enactments with a familial sitcom set-up and archival footage. [ 1 ] Cast
Stephanie Diana Wilson (born September 27, 1966) [1] is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut.She flew to space onboard three Space Shuttle missions, and is the second African American woman to go into space, after Mae Jemison.
Mae Jemison, the first African-American female astronaut in space; she carried a picture of Bessie Coleman with her on her first mission; Military history of African Americans; Azellia White, the first African-American woman to earn a pilot's license in Texas
Bluford Drew Jemison STEM Academy West, a middle/high school in Baltimore, Maryland, is named in his honor (along with Charles Drew and Mae Jemison). On October 8, 2021, a building on the main campus of The Pennsylvania State University in its Innovation Park was named the Guion S. Bluford Jr. Building in his honor.
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