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Thursday Open Thread: Scientists and Technicians of the Manhattan Project

April 20, 2017 by pragobots 257 Comments

Ralph Alexander Gardner, hard plastics pioneer and one of the scientists and technicians who worked on the Manhattan Project which developed the atomic bomb, was born December 3, 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio, son of Vivian and Clarence Gardner.  Gardner developed an early love of chemistry, certain that he wanted to pursue a career in the sciences as early as ninth grade.  He … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Scientists and Technicians of the Manhattan Project

Thursday Open Thread: Blacks and the Mormon Church

March 23, 2017 by pragobots 288 Comments

Jane Elizabeth Manning James  fondly known as "Aunt Jane" was one of the first recorded African-American women to enter Utah.  She was member of the Latter Day Saint Church and lived with Joseph Smith and his family for a time in Nauvoo, Illinois. She traveled with her husband to Utah, spending the winter of 1846–1847 at Winter Quarters. She petitioned the First Presidency to … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Blacks and the Mormon Church

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Thursday Open Thread: Another Set of Black History Factoids

February 23, 2017 by pragobots 193 Comments

The Wyoming Black Fourteen were African American members of the 1969 University of Wyoming (UW) football team who protested playing a game with Brigham Young University (BYU) because of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’s ban on black males holding the priesthood in the church and other racial restrictions. … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Another Set of Black History Factoids

Thursday Open Thread: Black Women and Rock N Roll

January 26, 2017 by pragobots 270 Comments

Malina Moye (born 1984) is an American singer-songwriter, lefty guitarist, and entrepreneur who fuses rock and soul. Fender guitars recognizes Malina as one of their first African-American left-handed upside-down female endorsee to join the fender family. She founded WCE Records in 2004. After releasing her single "Girlfriend" and cross-marketing it with her new calendar "Spend … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Black Women and Rock N Roll

Thursday Open Thread: The scientists, mathematicians and engineers of NASA

December 1, 2016 by pragobots 220 Comments

Emmett W. Chappelle (born 25 October 1925) is a scientist who made valuable contributions in the fields of medicine, philanthropy, food science, and Astrochemistry. From 1950 to 1955 he served as an instructor of biochemistry at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. From 1955 to 1959, he was a research associate at Stanford University. … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: The scientists, mathematicians and engineers of NASA

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