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Henson's grave in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, U.S. Entrance of the site of the former Matthew Henson Public Housing Project. On October 19, 1909, Henson was the guest of honor at a dinner ceremony held by the Colored Citizens of New York, where he was honored by toasts and given a gold watch and chain.
Glory & Honor is a 1998 American docudrama television film directed by Kevin Hooks and written by Jeff Lewis and Susan Rhinehart, from a story by Robert Caputo. The film is based on the true story of Robert Peary (Henry Czerny) and Matthew Henson's (Delroy Lindo) 1909 journey to the Geographic North Pole, and their nearly 20-year history of exploring the Arctic together.
Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum is an animated children's television series that premiered on November 11, 2019, on PBS Kids. [1] The series is produced by 9 Story Media Group.
Barry Brewer as Matthew Henson; James Callis as President Lincoln / Confederate Captain; Al Shearer as Robert Smalls; Lonnie Chavis as Robert Smalls' Son; Brandi Conley as Swooning Bombshell Woman; Justin Dray as Union Captain; Nathaniel Edwards as Charles de Gaulle; John Ennis as Postal Worker 1 / Audience Member 1; Philip Friedman as Patient
Golden Legacy was the umbrella title for a line of educational Black history comic books published by Fitzgerald Publishing Co. from 1966 to 1976. Golden Legacy published comic book biographies of such notable figures as Toussaint Louverture, Harriet Tubman, Crispus Attucks, Benjamin Banneker, Matthew Henson, Alexandre Dumas, Frederick Douglass, Robert Smalls, Joseph Cinqué, Walter F. White ...
Robert E. Peary, Matthew Henson, Ootah, Ooqueah, Egingwah, and Seegloo, reached the northernmost point of their expedition, and Peary planted the United States flag, along with four smaller flags (including one for the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity) at what Peary believed to be the North Pole, after measuring the angle of the sun and ...
She has since written and published 20 novels, including two for children about pioneering Arctic explorer Matthew Henson. [4] In 1999, her book Landlocked was honoured as an International Youth Library White Raven book. [5]
The included figures are (from left to right): Tavares Strachan (self-portrait), Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Harriet Tubman, Shirley Chisholm, Marcus Garvey, Zumbi dos Palmares, Haile Selassie, Mary Seacole, Matthew Henson, Marsha P. Johnson, King Tubby, Derek Alton Walcott, and Robert Henry Lawrence. [13] [14] [15] [16]