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In Wake of Professor’s Comments, Katherine Johnson is Still Celebrated in Physics

By Stacy M. Brown / NNPA Newswire Correspondent / @StacyBrownMedia For many, the words of a senior scientist who said physics “was invented and built by men,” stung. The words earlier this month of Professor... Read More...

Remembering African American Veterans with Honor

On November 11, 2018 Americans honored those brave men and women who have served in the military. It all started on November 11, 1918 when an Armistice between the Allied forces of World War I and Germany went ... Read More...

The Search for the 172 African-American Soldiers Memorialized In Netherlands

Dutch Woman Appeals for Information on African-American Servicemen Buried in the Netherlands During WWII From (Black PR Wire) WASHINGTON-- The Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial in Margraten honors t... Read More...

This is What We Die For: Child Labour in the DRC Cobalt Mines

This film documents the hazardous conditions in which artisanal miners, including thousands of children, mine cobalt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It goes on to trace how this cobalt is used to power... Read More...

South Africa: Disruptions Continue At UCT After Night of Chaos

Protesting students resumed their disruptions of lectures at UCT on Wednesday morning amid a heavy police and private security presence. This after a night of chaos, following the students being locked out of ... Read More...