CDC chief says there could be second, possibly worse coronavirus outbreak this winter
A second coronavirus outbreak could emerge this winter in conjunction with the flu season to make for an even moreContinue Reading
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US tax filing deadline moved to July 15, Mnuchin says
Americans will have an additional three months to file their taxes amid the coronavirus pandemic, the US treasury secretary said onContinue Reading
Bessie Coleman
In 1922, aviator Bessie Coleman became the first African American woman to stage a public flight in America. Her high-flyingContinue Reading
Mary Ellen Pleasant: Entrepreneur and Activist
Mary Ellen Pleasant’s exact origins are fuzzy. She may have begun her life as a slave in 1810s Georgia, butContinue Reading
The 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, was constructed in 1911 and, for generations of African Americans, it wasContinue Reading
Luxury perfume makers Dior and Givenchy will produce free hand sanitizer for French health authorities
With the reported cases of novel coronavirus in France nearing 4,500 with 91 deaths, some of the country’s most famous luxury brandsContinue Reading
Ruby Bridges
Ruby Bridges was born the same year as the Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. In New Orleans, where Bridges lived, reluctantContinue Reading
What You Should Know About International Women’s Day
Today is International Women’s Day, with events and marches going on worldwide. But what does that actually mean? Although theContinue Reading
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