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Thursday Open Thread: Breaking Down Plays and Barriers- Black Female Sportscasters

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Alisia "Lisa" Salters is an American journalist and former collegiate women's basketball player. She has been a reporter forESPN and ESPN on ABC since 2000. Previously, she covered the O.J. Simpson murder case for ABC and worked as a reporter at WBAL-TV in Baltimore from 1988 to 1995. … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Breaking Down Plays and Barriers- Black Female Sportscasters

Thursday Open Thread: Black Children’s Authors and Illustrators

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Andrea Davis Pinkney is a children's author and Coretta Scott King Award winner who writes about African-American culture. She is the author of more than 20 books and founder of the "first African American children's book imprint at a major publishing company": Jump at the Sun at Hyperion Books for Children, the Disney Book Group (now Disney Publishing Worldwide). She is also … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Black Children’s Authors and Illustrators

Thursday Open Thread: Black Women Game Changers in the STEM Fields

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Dr. Karen Aletha Maybank (Born April 24, 1974 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) is an American physician, with family roots in Antigua. She is board certified in both pediatrics and preventive medicine/public health. Currently, Dr. Maybank is an Assistant Commissioner at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Black Women Game Changers in the STEM Fields