US President Joe Biden on Saturday launched a series of conversations with ordinary Americans by calling a woman who lost her job due to the pandemic, in an effort to showcase his direct contact with his fellow citizens.
(Updated: February 5, 2021)
Bessie Coleman (left) Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain // Shirley Chisholm (center) Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain // Dr. Lonnie Johnson (right) Office of Naval Research Flickr, CC BY 2.0
Whether they were involved in Civil Rights, politics, science, technology, sports, or music, African-American history is full of innovators, though they don t always get their due. Here are 25 unheralded Black pioneers and trailblazers you should know.
1. JESSE L. BROWN
When Jesse LeRoy Brown was a teenager, he wrote a letter to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to express his disappointment that African Americans weren t flying in the military. While that changed in the Air Force in the early 40s with the Tuskegee Airmen, it would be Brown himself that would break that barrier for the Navy in 1947. By 1949 he was an officer, and in 1950, the United States was at war in Korea and he was in the action. Brown and his unit were soon airborne, completing dangerous mi
Is Angelina twisting the knife in Brad s back by selling $3M painting he gave her? Some assets remain to be allocated from their 2019 divorce but Churchill s painting gifted to FDR seems to be Jolie s to sell
Author of the article: Shari Kulha
Publishing date: Feb 04, 2021 • February 4, 2021 • 2 minute read • Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie amassed an art collection with an estimated value of US$25 million. Photo by AFP/Getty file photo /AFP
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They announced they were separating in 2016, and were divorced in 2019, but Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are still battling some things out. Now we hear that Angelina is selling painting he gave her in 2011, which was undoubtedly sentimental to him.
Unsung heroes of American conservation
African-Americans played huge, but little-known role in creation of wildlife refuges
By Dan Chapman, public affairs specialistFebruary 3, 2021
St. Charles, Arkansas – Naomi Mitchell is the clerk and treasurer for this small White River town (pop. 230) renowned for duck hunting. She also, for a fee, plucks ducks clean. And, in her spare time, she runs the local museum, a folksy repository of many things St. Charles.
Tucked into a back corner of the museum, which shares space with the Town Hall, is an exhibit featuring the Depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps. It chronicles the construction work done by the young, dollar-a-day men of Company 1741 and Company 3791 who helped create a national wildlife refuge from the bottomlands of the White River.
Thu Feb 4 2021 | Brian Simpkins | Fuel
US Lacrosse Magazine has partnered with Blaxers Blog to produce a series of stories that illuminate the minority lacrosse experience and promote the accomplishments of those individuals who have defied stereotypes to succeed in the sport.
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Black lacrosse players and coaches have influenced lacrosse for almost a century. From the stories of Lucien Alexis Jr. in the 1940s to the achievements of professional lacrosse stars today, Black men and women have made significant impacts on this sport’s community and history.
To kick off US Lacrosse Magazine’s Black History Month campaign, Brian Simpkins of Blaxers Blog shines a light on some of the most important figures in the progress of the Black lacrosse community.