Underground
Beginning in the 17th century and continuing through the mid-19th century in the United States, enslaved African Americans resisted bondage to gain their freedom through acts of self-emancipation. The individuals who sought this freedom from enslavement, known as freedom seekers, and those who assisted along the way, united together to become what is known as the Underground […]
Honoring the Legacy of African American History: From the Underground to Mainstream Impact of Network to Freedom and ASALHBy: Ka’mal McClarin, PhD In 1915, the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASALH) was created. It flourished over the years, and in February 1926, its founder, Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson, organized a week-long […]
Black History Month: US Postal Service commemorates the Underground Railroad – CBS Miami Watch CBS News The US Postal Service announced a series of stamps honoring 10 people who assisted with the Underground Railroad, the secret network that helped enslaved people escape to freedom. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, […]
WASHINGTON _ Black historians read passages from banned books last week in a local park in Florida. In Washington, D.C., Black congressional lawmakers that same week hosted panels on preserving Black history at a conference. And in Pennsylvania, a 91-year-old pastor reached out to an expert . . .
Phoenix Had A Record Hottest Month For Any US City. Dozens Of … Weather Underground Source link
Mariani breaks down neutrino oscillations using ice cream flavors. “You can imagine that you go to an ice cream shop, and you get your favorite: banana,” Mariani said. “And then you step out, and your ice cream flavor now becomes strawberry. You take another two steps, and the strawberry becomes vanilla. Another three steps, and […]
September programs include virtual story sharing and learning opportunities, plus conference at Michigan History Center in Lansing In commemoration of International Underground Railroad Month in September, the Michigan Freedom Trail Commission and the Michigan History Center present their 5th annual Heritage Gathering, a series of virtual programs and an in-person conference. This year’s events are built […]
Editor’s note: this press release was originally published by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Fermilab engineer Erik Voirin and then-Wilson fellow Hugh Lippincott designed and delivered the “xenon tower,” a package of cryogenic heat exchangers that continuously boils, purifies and recondenses the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment’s xenon, turning over the entire 10-ton payload every three days. Engineer […]
By Photographs by Scott Dalton Diana Cardenas, a high school English teacher from Pharr, Texas, stands in her small family cemetery between the Rio Grande and the new border wall. Stylishly dressed and coiffed, wilting slightly in the heat and humidity, she holds up a photograph of her grandmother. “Her name was Adela Jackson, and […]
Posted by Daniel Gleeson on 23rd June 2022 Leading South Africa-based, black-owned contractor Concor is engaging on a 17-month project to construct a new pollution control dam at De Beers’ Venetia diamond mine, South Africa’s largest diamond producer. The well-advanced Venetia Underground Project (VUP) will extend the mine’s life span to at […]