West Virginia State University

Jaguars Do Better: Top of Ladder or Resting at the Bottom

SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY - SOUTHERNDIGEST — Southern University received a No. 48 ranking in the U.S. News annual HBCU rankings for 2027, tying with Bethune-Cookman University, Philander...

Born in Chicago in 1932, Van Peebles was the son of a tailor and homemaker. After graduating high school, he enrolled in West Virginia State University before transferring to Ohio Wesleyan University. (Photo: Georges Biard | Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Melvin_Van_Peebles_Deauville_2012_2.jpg)

Black History5 years ago

IN MEMORIAM: Melvin Van Peebles, Godfather of Black Cinema, Dies

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Known as the Godfather of Black Cinema, Van Peebles was a man of many talents, all of which were on display with the...

Johnson's computations have influenced every major space program from Mercury through the Shuttle program. Johnson was hired as a research mathematician at the Langley Research Center with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the agency that preceded NASA, after they opened hiring to African-Americans and women. Katherine Johnson exhibited exceptional technical leadership and is known especially for her calculations of the 1961 trajectory for Alan Shepard’s flight (first American in space), the 1962 verification of the first flight calculation made by an electronic computer for John Glenn’s orbit (first American to orbit the earth), and the 1969 Apollo 11 trajectory to the moon. In her later NASA career, Johnson worked on the Space Shuttle program and the Earth Resources Satellite and encouraged students to pursue careers in science and technology fields.

Black History7 years ago

IN MEMORIAM: Katherine Johnson, a Pioneering NASA Mathematician Featured in “Hidden Figures,” Dies at 101

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Today we mourn the loss of an American hero and a pioneer for women and African Americans in STEM fields. Katherine Johnson played...

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