History & Hope: A celebration of Black history

Mae Jemison was the first female African-American NASA astronaut

Claudette Colvin: Alabama bus boycott pioneer

Matthew Henson was the first African American explorer to reach the North Pole

Jackie Ormes, the first African-American woman cartoonist

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President Biden halts new oil and gas leases, permits on US land and water

The Biden administration has suspended new oil and gas leasing and drilling permits on U.S. land and water for 60 days.

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Cyclist Marshall 'Major' Taylor broke racial barriers, became world-famous champion

Bessie Coleman was the first African American woman to earn a pilot license

Nikki Giovanni, a poet who helped define the African-American voice