"wisdom has built her house;"
“The Kwanzaa principle of Nia means not only purpose but also “will” or “intent”. What is at stake is the determination to make sure that black people are recognized as a people with a will of their own- that they count as actors in history and not merely as objects (or pawns) of history. ” from Linguistic Dilemmas of Afrocentricity | The Diaspora Experience [Vocation]
Along with helping the United States win the Space Race for NASA, Katherine Johnson, physicist and mathematician also worked on the Space Shuttle program, the Earth Resources Satellite and plans for the mission to Mars. Hidden Figures hits theaters Jan. 13 Source: Katherine Johnson, Legendary …
She’s the first person other than a white man to hold the post in 214 years Source: What the ‘First Black Woman’ Librarian of Congress Means
My search engine travels took me to the Commonplace books of renowned Science Fiction novelist Octavia E. Butler. I’m richer in spirit to know her words and work live beyond the pages of her many novels. More about that in a minute. But first: By a raise of …