By Pernell Mitchell
In December 2016, American moviegoers fell in love with the extraordinary stories of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson. These African-American women were “Hidden Figures” who played a pivotal role in America’s victory in the space race, helping to...
By Katherine Brinkley-Bloomfield
If academia had a National Signing Day similar to the NBA’s, Emmanuel Blake Dawson would have been the top draft pick.
In spring 2016, the nation and media were abuzz about the high school senior whose academic prowess garnered him more than $1 million in...