The eagerly anticipated 2024 total solar eclipse mesmerized millions across North America with its grand entrance at the Mexican beachside resort town of Mazatlan. From cities...
Celebrate the legacy of Katherine Johnson, the pioneering mathematician whose groundbreaking calculations propelled America's success in the Space Race, as she is posthumously inducted into the...
RICHMOND A Lynchburg, Va., native and retired astronaut is the signature ambassador for a new space exhibition opening this month at the Virginia Museum of History...
Special To The New Journal and Guide On July 30, Nichelle Nichols, known for her role as communications officer Lt. Nyota Uhura...
By Randy Singleton Community Affairs Correspondent New Journal and Guide HAMPTON Three pioneering African American women mathematicians who made contributions to NASA and the space race...
Submitted by Lynn Jones Jacksonville (Fla.) Free Press Special To The New Journal and Guide Born November 4, 1920, Yvette Brown Ridley has reached a centennial...
Johnson, Katherine. Reaching for the Moon. The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers/Simon and Shuster, 2019, pgs. 249, $17.99....
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Katherine Johnson, one of the African-American women whose stories received global attention in the best-selling book and blockbuster...
By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide In 1953 Katherine Johnson was hired at the Area Computing Section of the National Advisory Committee...
WASHINGTON, D.C. Bipartisan legislation introduced by Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) to award four African-American women scientists the Congressional Gold Medal for...
