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Feb 20, 2021 3:43 PM
The Bloomington-Normal Branch of the NAACP was pleased to support the Family Community Resource Center (FCRC) as they hosted the first Black History Quiz Bowl Competition on Thursday, February 18, 2021. Over 20 students competed for cash and prizes, thanks to the donations from sponsors and vendors.
The questions covered local and national Black History facts, including questions about Civil Rights’ icon Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., George Washington Carver and Mae Jamison. The Jeopardy-style game also focused on local Black history, with questions about Robert Gaston, Caribel Washington and Judge Carla Barnes.
The high schoolers represented, as Bradley Ross Jackson (NCHS) won 1st place, while Jasmyn Jordan (NCWHS) won 2nd place, followed by Mehki Phillips (BHS) the 3rd place winner.
6 women who changed astronomy and spaceflight
6 women who changed astronomy and spaceflight
February 11, 2021 at 9:54 am
It’s no secret, the contribution made to astronomy and spaceflight over the centuries, but it’s also no secret how those contributions have often gone entirely unnoticed or been undervalued.
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To mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2021, we’ve taken a look back at some of the women who changed the way we observe and explore the cosmos forever.
Denied the role of astronomer at Royal Academy of Science in Berlin The institution that snubbed Winckelmann no longer exists, having been replaced by the Berlin-Brandenberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Image credit: Science Photo Library, welcomeimages.com