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Xavier University

Xavier University in Louisiana is the nation’s only institution of higher learning that is historically Black and Catholic. According to the U.S. Department of Education,

NAACP

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded in 1909 by a group of black and white citizens committed to social

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In 1966, Edward W. Brooke from Massachusetts becam In 1966, Edward W. Brooke from Massachusetts became the first African American to serve in the Senate in eighty-six years (since Blanche K. Bruce). Also a Republican, Brooke was the first popularly elected African American senator and the first African American legislator from Massachusetts to serve in Congress. 

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In 2020, Kamala Harris became the Vice President o In 2020, Kamala Harris became the Vice President of the United States, making her the first woman and the first African American and South Asian person to hold this position. 

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Marie Van Brittan Brown and her husband Albert Bro Marie Van Brittan Brown and her husband Albert Brown worked together to invent the first home security system. The couple were awarded the patent in 1966. The home security system allowed Marie to see anyone at the front door using peepholes and camera monitors. There was a two-way microphone that allowed her to talk to people as well. If Marie sensed any trouble, there was an alarm button that could be pressed to contact the police. Most home security systems today work pretty similar to her version.

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In 1992, Carol Moseley-Braun was elected the first In 1992, Carol Moseley-Braun was elected the first and only African American woman to serve in the U.S. Senate. Senator Moseley-Braun supported and passed bills to improve retirement for women and helped rebuild schools nationwide.  Like Chisholm earlier, Moseley-Braun ran for President in 2004. She would not win the race, but her courage, along with others, would set the stage for an African American president four years later.

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A civil rights lawyer, Constance Baker Motley beca A civil rights lawyer, Constance Baker Motley became well known for her work on Brown versus Board of Education. She worked alongside the future Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall. 

Judge Constance Baker Motley became the nation’s first African American woman to serve as a federal judge in 1966, when President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated her. She served in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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Barbara Jordan became the first African American w Barbara Jordan became the first African American woman elected to the Texas state senate in 1966 and as a congresswoman in the U.S. House of Representative in 1972. 

She was the first African American selected to keynote a major political convention. Jordan was chosen as a keynote speaker for the Democratic National Convention in 1976, and again in 1992. 

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Harriet Tubman, known as the “Moses of Her Peopl Harriet Tubman, known as the “Moses of Her People,” was a heroic leader who guided many slaves to freedom. She was one of the most courageous conductors of the Underground Railroad, a secret network that helped slaves escape to free states.

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In 1964, Shirley Chisholm became the first African In 1964, Shirley Chisholm became the first African American woman elected to the New York State Assembly.  In 1968, she was elected to the ninety-first Congress from Brooklyn, making her the first African American woman to serve in Congress.

On January 25, 1972, Chisholm became the first African American to run for the presidency of the United States. 

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Dr. Patricia Bath was an ophthalmologist, a doctor Dr. Patricia Bath was an ophthalmologist, a doctor who specializes in eye and vision care. She became the first African American resident in ophthalmology at New York University. Bath was also known as a laser scientist. With a lot of research, Bath invented the Laserphaco Probe, a tool that corrects cataracts during eye surgery. Cataracts are an eye condition that can lead to blindness, and Bath’s tool provided a safe way to remove them. 

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Happy Women History Month! We will feature a varie Happy Women History Month! We will feature a variety of women this month. Today, we're featurnig Mary McLeod Bethune.

In 1904, with only $1.50, Mary McLeod Bethune founded a school for girls in Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune held the school in an old house next to a city dump with five little girls and her four-year-old son. By 1923 the school became Bethune-Cookman College, and had 600 students, 32 faculty members, and an $800,000 campus free of debt.

After the women’s suffrage movement (we talked about that in the last chapter), Bethune continued to encourage women to register to vote. She took part in many organizations. In 1924, she served as president of the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs. In 1935, she became the founding president of the National Council of Negro Women. In 1940, she became vice president of the NAACP. She remained in this position for the rest of her life.

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Crystal Bird Fauset was a civil rights activist, s Crystal Bird Fauset was a civil rights activist, social worker, and a race relations specialist. In 1938, she became the first African American female representative elected in the United States. She served in the Eighteenth District in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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George Washington Carver was a well-known expert i George Washington Carver was a well-known expert in agriculture. He invented the crop rotation method for cotton farmers. Cotton takes a lot of the nutrients from the soil. Peanuts don’t require a lot of water and grow underground. They produce nitrogen, a colorless and odorless gas that provides much-needed nutrients to the soil. By planting peanuts every other year, this made the soil better, adding more nutrients for the next round of crops. George created 325 different uses for peanuts including cooking oil, cosmetics, paper, glue, and soap, just to name a few. This is why George Washington Carver is often known as “The Peanut Man.”

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W.E.B. Du Bois was a famous teacher, writer, socia W.E.B. Du Bois was a famous teacher, writer, social scientist, and one of the founders of the NAACP. 

Du Bois loved to teach about African Americans. He studied how they lived and were treated in America and would later write what he learned in a book called “The Souls of Black Folks.” 

He also worked as the editor of a magazine named “The Crisis,” which was part of the NAACP, an important group fighting for the rights of black people. In this magazine, he wrote about important issues black people faced in the early 1900s.

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From April 12, 1981 to July 21, 2011, NASA’s spa From April 12, 1981 to July 21, 2011, NASA’s space shuttle fleet included Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour. These space shuttles flew 135 missions and were used to build the International Space Station.

Meet African American astronauts, both men and women, who have flown in space during the Space Shuttle Era.

Guion Stewart Bluford first mission was in 1983 on the space shuttle Challenger, making the first time an African American men went to space.

Dr. Mae C. Jemison, became the first African-American female astronaut in 1992 on the space shuttle Endeavor.

In 1985, Frederick D. Gregory made his first flight into space as the pilot for space shuttle Challenger. He was the first African-American pilot of a spacecraft. On August 12th, 2002, he became the first African-American NASA deputy administrator. He remained in this position until 2005.

Charles Frank Bolden Jr's first spaceflight was on the space shuttle Columbia on January 12th, 1986, In 2009, President Barack Obama nominated him to become the 12th NASA's administrator. He would be the first African-American administrator and he served in this position until 2017.
Sarah Boone was one of the first African American Sarah Boone was one of the first African American women to receive a patent. She worked as a dressmaker. A popular style during Sarah’s time was a suit that had a fitted jacket along with a long, slim skirt. After clothes were sewn, they often had wrinkles in them and had to be smoothed out on an ironing board so they would fit properly. She made a change to the ironing board that made it easier to iron sleeves and the bodies of women’s clothes. 

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In 1934, Arthur W. Mitchell defeated Oscar Stanton In 1934, Arthur W. Mitchell defeated Oscar Stanton De Priest for the Illinois Representative seat. Mitchell became the first elected African American legislator from the Democratic Party. All other African Americans elected to Congress before Mitchell were Republicans. 

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Learn about the first African American Mayors of M Learn about the first African American Mayors of Major Cities
Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. is the first African Ame Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. is the first African American astronaut to go to space. He is also a retired U.S. Air Force officer and fighter pilot.
Ida B. Wells Barnett was the most famous African A Ida B. Wells Barnett was the most famous African American woman journalist of her time. During Ida’s time, many African Americans were lynched for unfair reasons.  Ida worked hard to make sure people knew about it through her writings. She would eventually speak across the United States in major cities and even traveled overseas to Great Britain to spread the word about the injustice of lynching.
In 1928, Oscar Stanton De Priest from Illinois was In 1928, Oscar Stanton De Priest from Illinois was the first African American in over fifty years to be elected to Congress since Reconstruction. A Republican representative, he would be the only African American in Congress during his three terms (1928-1934).

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