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This week in West Virginia history
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WOOSTER Virginia Blackwell wanted to be a teacher and she wanted to be a teacher in her hometown.
The opportunity finally arrived in 1963, almost 20 years after Blackwell earned her degree from West Virginia State College, an all-Black school at that time. Wooster City Schools hired her as a special education teacher, making her the first Black teacher in the district’s history.
“She was just glad she got to teach… She didn’t look at it as a fight but her right,” said Carolyn Huff of her mother, who died on March 3. She was 98.
Virginia Blackwell s early years
Blackwell was born on March 29, 1922, in Wooster. She graduated from Wooster High School in 1940 and earned a degree in music education with a minor in history from West Virginia State College in 1944.
Good Day BIO February 26, 2021
Throughout Black History Month, Good Day BIO has been highlighting the accomplishments of Black trailblazers in science and biotechnology here’s a list of 20 you should know.
1. Dr. Akinwumi Adesina
Nigerian agricultural economist Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, Ph.D., won the 2017 World Food Prize for leading major policy change that’s helped millions of African farmers and improved nutrition across the continent. Since 2015, Dr. Adesina has served as president of the African Development Bank, where he works to end malnutrition and stunting.
To learn more about Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, click here.
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2. Alice Ball
Young chemist Alice Ball achieved a number of firsts including discovering the first treatment for leprosy. Ball was the first woman AND the first African American to earn a Master’s in chemistry from the College of Hawaii, in 1915. At 23 years old, she discovered how to safely inject chaulmoogra oil to use as a treatment for