Shaundra B. Daily was born in 1979 in Nashville, Tennessee. In high school, an interest in being an agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation led her to major in electrical engineering at Florida State University. But, she writes, “once I got to college, I realized that while the FBI was fascinating, what I really enjoyed was working with kids using technology.” After … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: More African-American Scientists
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Saturday Open Thread: Famous African-American Magicians
This week's open thread's focused on some lesser known but famous in the magic world, black magicians. Fetaque Sanders (1915-1992) toured with the USO during World War II, performing for African American troops in the then-segregated US Armed Forces. After the war, Sanders continued to perform his magic act until 1962.He toured the United States for 25 years entertaining … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Famous African-American Magicians
Saturday Open Thread: Black Nurses Who Changed the Course of History
Mary Jane Seacole (23 November 1805 – 14 May 1881), née Grant, was a Jamaican-born woman of Scottish and Creole descent who set up a "British Hotel" behind the lines during the Crimean War, which she described as "a mess-table and comfortable quarters for sick and convalescent officers," and provided succour for wounded servicemen on the battlefield. She was posthumously … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Black Nurses Who Changed the Course of History
Saturday Open Thread: Black Female Jazz Musicians
Ernestine Anderson (born November 11, 1928) is an American jazz and blues singer. In a career spanning more than five decades, she has recorded over 30 albums. She was nominated four times for a Grammy Award. She has sung at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Monterey Jazz Festival (six times over a 33-year span), as well as at jazz festivals all over the world. In the … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Black Female Jazz Musicians
Saturday Open Thread: Scat and Bebop Singers
Adelaide Louise Hall (October 1901 – November 1993) was an American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer. Her long career spanned more than 70 years from 1921 until her death and she was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Hall entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 2003 as the world's most enduring recording artist having released material over eight … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Scat and Bebop Singers