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Check how classrooms are being built in Ivory Coast with 100% recycled plastics
Recycled plastic waste has become a very useful tool in recent times, especially in Africa where many social entrepreneurs and individuals are increasingly using them to impact lives. The environmentally...
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Sarah Woodson: the first African American female college professor
For an African-American woman in the mid-1800, having professional ambitions could be considered an illusion. Notwithstanding the racial disparity, Sarah Jane Early Woodson nursed her ambition...
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Meet Alexa Canady, America’s first black female neurosurgeon
Dr. Alexa Irene Canady broke gender and colour barriers by becoming the first American woman and first black person to become a neurosurgeon. Canady was born in Lansing, Michigan to Elizabeth Hortense...
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‘I just want to leave school forever’- Girl battling cancer says after classmate ripped off her wig
An 11-year-old Texas middle school student, who is battling cancer recently became the victim of an alleged bullying attack by a classmate, according to a WFAA report. The 6th grader, A’Myah Moon...
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John Singleton: youngest ever filmmaker to be nominated for the best director Oscar
At 24, John Singleton became the first African American and the youngest person ever to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Director. With his Oscar nomination, Singleton broke barriers for black...
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These 1st graders invented a portable sink that won a national award
Two first graders have won an invention contest at their South Side school with a design for a portable sink. For their school’s Invention Convention last year, when they were seven years old, at...
