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Black Girl Magic! Our Favorite Black Movie Heroines
Katherine Johnson, Queen Ramonda and the Agojie Warriors are among the movie heroines we’re highlighting to close out Women’s History Month.
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Black History Facts That No One Wants You To Know
Did you know about there was a precursor to the NAACP called the Niagara movement? Here are the facts you need to know!
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Online Bookshop Connects Parents to Books That Uplift Children of Color
ColorPop Books curates book bundles featuring notable authors including Stacey Abrams and Amanda Gorman.
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The Evolution of Taraji P. Henson
A birthday celebration of the actress who’s given us memorable performances in Empire, Hidden Figures and Abbott Elementary.
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‘The Blind Side’ and Other Films That Use the White Savior Trope
Movies such as The Blind Side, The Help, and Green Book are prototypical White savior films.
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Black Women That Have Barbies Made After Them
From Misty Copeland to Naomi Osaka and Katherine Johnson, Barbie has created dolls in honor of Black women
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Pioneering Mathematician Katherine Johnson Will Be Laid to Rest Saturday at Hampton University
Katherine Johnson, whose exploits as a pioneering NASA mathematician were immortalized in the 2016 film Hidden Figures, will be laid to rest at Hampton University. WTKR3 reports that as part of the two-day commemoration, a public viewing will take place Friday at the O.H. Smith & Son Funeral Home from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.,…
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Katherine G. Johnson, the Groundbreaking NASA Mathematician Featured in Hidden Figures, Has Died at 101
Katherine G. Johnson, the NASA mathematician who played a key role in helping America win the space race and whose story was featured in the 2016 film Hidden Figures, died Monday. She was 101 years old. From the moment she learned how to count, Johnson fell in love with numbers. “I counted everything. I counted…
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Another Honor for Our ‘Hidden Figures’: Congressional Gold Medals Given to the Black Women Behind the Space Race
America’s “Hidden Figures”—the black women behind NASA’s success in the “Space Race,” continue to be celebrated 50 years after their calculations helped man walk on the moon. Thanks to the Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act, NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, computer programmer Dorothy Vaughan, and engineers Mary Jackson and Christine Darden are being awarded Congressional…