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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Reigning champion Chiefs dump Bills 38-24 in AFC title game

It took the Kansas City Chiefs five frustrating decades to make their second Super Bowl appearance.Now, the defending champs are headed there for the second straight year.

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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