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The first Black-owned airport in the U.S. was in Robbins, Illinois
In the 1920s and ’30s, Chicago was home for the burgeoning Black aviation community, a place of opportunity central to Black ...
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'This is bordering on insanity': NASA diversity efforts hit hard with DEI shutdowns
Closer to the ground, the Kansas-born airman even had the backing of then-President John Kennedy — a charismatic young leader hoping to unify a racially torn country — to potentially represent the ...
Katy Perry and Gayle King Are Among Blue Origin’s All-Female Space Crew
They will be aboard the New Shepard, the centerpiece rocket of Blue Origin’s space tourism business, in a launch this spring.
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New sculpture at Bradley University pays tribute to first Black astronaut
The Major Robert H. Lawrence, Jr. statue cost $175,000, and Bradley University exceeded that goal by raising $225,000.
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Letters to the Editor - Three cheers for Lyda Hill, a student named Kate, Black astronauts
That’s what transforms dreams into reality. 3 Black astronauts — Re: “Texas celebrates culture — How the state’s recognition of the community began, and how it’s being honored today ...
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'This is bordering on insanity': NASA diversity efforts hit hard with DEI shutdowns
“Kennedy was trying to get the nation ready for a Black astronaut,” said Dwight, whose battle against the Goliath of prejudice faded in the aftermath of Kennedy’s 1963 assassinatio ...