Judge approves $577M settlement for Maryland’s underfunded Black colleges and universities
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FILE - In this March 24, 2021 file photo, Maryland House Speaker Adrienne Jones, third from left, points up while standing with the presidents of Maryland s four historically Black colleges and Universities after a bill signing ceremony in Bowie, Md., to set aside $577 million to settle a federal lawsuit. From left are Aminta Breaux, president of Bowie State University; Heidi Anderson, president of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Jones; Sen. Charles Sydnor, David Wilson, president of Morgan State University; and Anthony Jenkins, president of Coppin State University. (AP Photo/Brian Witte, File)AP
A Black Scientist Was An Early Cicada Researcher. His Work Has Been Mostly Overlooked
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Benjamin Banneker â a free Black man born in 1731 â is best known for a land survey that established the original borders of Washington, D.C. But the naturalist also broke ground in another field: cicada research.
Banneker first observed the cicadas at his Maryland home as a teenager in 1740s. He spent the next 50 years documenting their unique life cycles â the bugs come out of the ground for only a few weeks every 17 years. His observations were among the earliest known to be documented.
An adult cicada is seen on May 6, 2021.
Benjamin Banneker – a free Black man born in 1731 – is best known for a land survey that established the original borders of Washington, D.C. But the naturalist also broke ground in another field: cicada research.
Banneker first observed the cicadas at his Maryland home as a teenager in 1740s. He spent the next 50 years documenting their unique life cycles the bugs come out of the ground for only a few weeks every 17 years. His observations were among the earliest known to be documented.
Janet Barber and her husband, Asamoah Nkwanta, researched his handwritten notes from 1800 on the insects. Barber is an independent researcher and Nkwanta is with Morgan State University in Baltimore.
NABVETS, Delaware Chapter #94 to Honor WWII and all Veterans Memorial Day Weekend
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WILMINGTON, Del., May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ On Friday, May 28, 2021 at 1:00 p.m., NABVETS will celebrate WWII and all veterans by placing a wreath at the African American Medal of Honor Statue, located at 1021 W. 18th Street (18
th & Baynard Boulevard) in Wilmington, Delaware.
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The African American Medal of Honor Memorial was commissioned in 1989 by Sgt. Wilson K. Smith with local sculptor, Charles Parks. The monument was erected and dedicated in 1998 by the African American Medal of Honor Association, Inc. Replicas of the memorial are located at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia and Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. This is the first memorial of its kind, the only memorial dedicated to all African American Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War to the Vietnam War.
A Black Scientist Was An Early Cicada Researcher. His Work Has Been Mostly Overlooked
By Nina Kravinsky
May 11, 2021
Benjamin Banneker – a free Black man born in 1731 – is best known for a land survey that established the original borders of Washington, D.C. But the naturalist also broke ground in another field: cicada research.
Banneker first observed the cicadas at his Maryland home as a teenager in 1740s. He spent the next 50 years documenting their unique life cycles the bugs come out of the ground for only a few weeks every 17 years. His observations were among the earliest known to be documented.