Good Morning POU! It’s Thursday, P.O.U. Family! This week’s open threads are dedicated to the individuals within the Little Rock Nine. Gloria Cecelia Ray Karlmark (born September 26, 1942) was one of the Little Rock Nine. She was 15 when she attempted to enter Little Rock Central High School. In 1965, she graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1965 with a … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Little Rock Nine
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Monday Open Thread- Little Rock Nine
It's Monday P.O.U. Family and lurkers! This week, I will be highlighting the Little Rock Nine and the individuals who make up the group. The Little Rock Nine was a group of African-American students who were enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. The ensuing Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread- Little Rock Nine
Friday Open Thread: Notable Black Cartoonists
Morris Nolton Turner[was an American cartoonist, creator of the strip Wee Pals, the first American syndicated strip with an integrated cast of characters. Turner was raised in Oakland, California, the youngest child of a Pullman porter father and a homemaker and nurse mother.[ He attended Cole Elementary School and McClymonds High School in Oakland and Berkeley High School. … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Notable Black Cartoonists
Saturday Open Thread: African-American Innovators
Janet Emerson Bashen (born February 12, 1957) is an American inventor, entrepreneur, and business consultant. She patented a software program, LinkLIne, to assist with web-based Equal Employment Opportunity investigations making her the first African American woman to obtain a software patent. She founded a human resource consulting firm focusing on Equal Opportunity Employment … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: African-American Innovators
Friday Open Thread: African-American Innovators
Marie Van Brittan Brown (October 30, 1922 – February 2, 1999) was an African-American inventor. She was the inventor of the home security system (U.S. Patent 3,482,037) in 1966, along with her husband Albert Brown. In the same year, they jointly applied for a patent, which was granted in 1969. Brown was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York;[ she died there at the age of 76. … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: African-American Innovators