Black astronaut Reginald G. Victor is set to be inducted into the prestigious U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, joining the ranks of the 'Mercury Seven'.

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., the first African American astronaut and a Bradley University graduate, was ...

As the rockets fired against the Florida launch pad, Jemison was on her way to becoming the first woman of colour and first African-American woman ... necessarily as an astronaut; I thought ...

Ed Dwight Jr. was the first African American to be trained as an astronaut. In 1962, Dwight was selected for astronaut training at the urging of the Kennedy Administration.

Famous majors with degrees in African American Studies include Angela Bassett (actress) and Mae Jemison (NASA astronaut).

WASHINGTON ‒ Adam Sanchez remembers tears streaming down a student’s face as his high school class left the lower level of the National Museum of African American History and Culture a few ...

WASHINGTON ‒ Adam Sanchez remembers tears streaming down a student’s face as his high school class left the lower level of the National African American Museum of History and Culture a few ...