Ron Mickens Image Collection . Over the past several years, Dr. Mickens has also sent us a large collection of personal ...

WILL BE HONORING AFRICAN AMERICAN FIRSTS -- FOR ALL OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH. AND TONIGHT IT'S GUION BLUFORD -- REACHED NEW HEIGHTS IN SPACE EXPLORATION. IN 1983 -- HE BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN ...

Just in time for Black History Month, National Geographic has released the official trailer for The Space Race, which is set to debut on February 12. Directed by Lisa Cortés and Diego Hurtado de ...

On the morning of January 28, 1986, seven crew members were killed when the space shuttle Challenger broke apart a little over a minute after it launched. Those killed included five NASA astronauts, ...

Born Nov. 22, 1942, in Philadelphia, Guion “Guy” Bluford went on to major in aerospace engineering at Penn State. In addition to training as a fighter pilot in the Air Force, Bluford also earned ...

As a reporter and then longtime editor and publisher of The Call, Lucile Bluford became the dominant voice of Kansas City’s African-American community. File photo by Keith Myers kmyers@kcstar.com The ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. National Portrait Gallery, ...

Parents walking their kids kids to Philadelphia's Guion S. Bluford Elementary on the first day of school, September 5, 2023. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and ...

Two proposals presented to the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners on Tuesday night would name parts of a high school and the school district’s art gallery after prominent Black scientists ...

Donna Doerr Guion, age 74, of Knoxville, TN, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on February 23,2025. She was a follower of Christ since the age of 9 and was a member of Cedar Springs ...