NASA trailblazer, Bradley University alumnus honored
— February 20, 2020A space station cargo capsule bringing supplies to the International Space Station has been named for a Bradley University alumnus who was the nation’s first African American…
Tag: Black History Month
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Stories untold: Carbondale woman chronicles Southern Illinois’ black Civil War soldiers
— February 7, 2019For 50 years, Corene McDaniel has walked through the rows of graves at Mound City National Cemetery to visit her father, who lies in rest there alongside thousands of other veterans….
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War years brought Paul Robeson to Great Lakes
— February 24, 2016IN CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH Paul Robeson was a hugely literate and talented man with an accomplished resume: attorney, athlete, theater and film actor, acclaimed…
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