Black History Month Facts
Ruby Bridges was the first African American to enter an all-white school when the New Orleans public school system was ordered to desegregate in 1960.
Black History Month Facts
Thurgood Marshall was the first African-American justice on the supreme court of the United States.
Black History Month Facts
Carter G. Woodson was the second African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard University. He founded what we now refer to as Black History Month.
Office of Diversity and Inclusion hosting Safe Zone Booster Session Wednesday
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion will be hosting a Safe Zone Booster Session on Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at 3:00p.m. in CMU 208. We will be discussing pronoun choices other than “she, her, he, him,” or in other words, pronouns that are “non-traditional.” You do not need to be Safe Zone certified to attend the booster session. If you […]
Black History Month Fact
Daniel Hale Williams was the first person to successfully perform open heart surgery. He was one of the first African American surgeons in America.