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Happy Birthday John Lewis!  Lewis was a Freedom Rider, spoke at the 1963 March on Washington, was elected to Congress in 1986, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011. John Lewis continued to fight for people’s rights until his death in July of...

George Washington Carver was an agricultural scientist and inventor who developed hundreds of products using peanuts, sweet potatoes and soybeans (although he didn’t invent peanut butter, as people often claim). In 1894, Carver gained his Bachelor of Science degree...

Every student should be afforded the right to a higher education; however, this has not always been the case for African-Americans due to discrimination and unequal and unfair laws. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, now there are 107...

Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier when he became the first Black athlete to play Major League Baseball after joining the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Despite the challenges of racism he faced, he became Rookie of the Year, and in his second season, League MVP. The...

Lonnie G. Johnson is a former Air Force and NASA engineer who invented the massively popular Super Soaker water gun which has earned more than $200 million in sales. Come make a Valentine’s card for our veterans during lunch today! Free pizza will be given to every...

Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong (1900-1971) was one of the most influential artists of all time. He transformed jazz into an art form, and his trumpet style is still imitated today.  You may have heard two of his international hits, “Hello Dolly” and “What a Wonderful...

Venus & Serena Williams are two professional American tennis players.  Serena has won 23 Grand Slam single titles and several Olympic medals.  Venus has a total of 44 career titles, out of which 7 are Grand Slam victories and four are Olympic Gold Medals.  These...

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed by the United States House of Representatives on February 10th, 1964. It made it illegal for state or local governments or public facilities to deny access to anyone because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.  It...

Thurgood Marshall was the first African-American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. As a young adult, he applied to his hometown law school at the University of Maryland, but was denied entrance because of being Black. He later sued the school and won. And before he...