Black History In The Now

Posted By: Stacie Coulter on March 14, 2011

By: Sharbe Clark

When people think about celebrating Black History month they normally envision high profile individuals from the past such as Phyllis Wheatley; the first African-American woman to publish a book in 1700s; W.E.B. Du Bois the first African American to earn a doctorate degree from Harvard University in 1800s.

But if you are Air Force Lt. Col. Merryl Tengesdal your dreams lead you to research people like Dr.

Mae Jemison who became the first African-American woman astronaut aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992, which inspired other African American women such as Colonel Tengesdal toward her goal of becoming the first African American female to fly the Air Force's elite U-2 reconnaissance plane.

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