Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. (born November 22, 1942) An American aerospace engineer, retired United States Air Force (USAF) officer and fighter pilot, and former NASA astronaut, in which capacity he became the
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Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960) was an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-1900s American South and published research on hoodoo. The most
Susie King Taylor (August 6, 1848 – October 6, 1912) Known for being the first Black nurse during the American Civil War. Beyond just her aptitude
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Mary Jackson (Winston; April 9, 1921 – February 11, 2005) An American mathematician and aerospace engineer at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), which in 1958 was succeeded by the National Aeronautics and Space
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Joseph H. Dickinson was an organ maker and state legislator in Michigan. He served two terms in the Michigan House of Representatives representing Wayne County,
On 11 October 1887, a highly skilled barber, inventor, and businessman named Alexander Miles received a patent for a technology that would revolutionize the way
