Source: George Pimentel / Getty Taraji P. Henson is putting her time in quarantine to good use and created a mental health service for the Black community. Taraji announced the new initiative on Instagram on Wednesday, where she took note of the hardships and struggles Black communities are facing during this dangerous time of COVID-19. […]
The oldest elementary school in Salt Lake City, Utah is going to undergo a name change to honor the first black woman to work as a NASA engineer. It has been reported that Jackson Elementary School, which is named after past president and slave owner Andrew Jackson, will now be named after mathematician Mary W. […]
The true story was good enough on its own.
Everyone is currently flocking to theaters to see Hidden Figures in the hopes of learning more about the stories of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, Black female mathematicians who worked for NASA and helped the U.S. achieve some great things in space. With the success of that book and film, what better time to uncover and […]
This Christmas movie goers will have a chance to see vintage Black girl magic in action as Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monae tell the stories of NASA pioneers Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson in the film Hidden Figures. But there’s something equally magical about seeing these women on the cover of Essence, […]