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Remembering NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson

Remembering NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson

A program to remember NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, who died in 2020 at the age of 101. Margot Lee Shetterly speaks about her book, "Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race.”
by The Associated Press

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A Brief History of Women in Bars: A Minnesota Story in Three Rounds

A Brief History of Women in Bars: A Minnesota Story in Three Rounds

The 18th Amendment marked the start of Prohibition and the 19th Amendment granted many women the right to vote. In this new documentary, Katie Thornton looks at how the state’s temperance movement set the stage for its women’s suffrage movement.
by MPR News Staff

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'Trying to prove something:' A WWII vet remembers his all-Black battalion

'Trying to prove something:' A WWII vet remembers his all-Black battalion

On National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, Robert Madison, a 97-year-old World War II veteran, recalls his time in battle. He fought in the then-segregated Army as an intelligence officer.

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On Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, hear the APM documentary 'Days of Infamy'

On Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, hear the APM documentary 'Days of Infamy'

Monday is Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Within the living memory of Americans are two deadly surprise attacks against the United States: Japan's assault on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Both times, the Library of Congress sent people out to record the voices of ordinary Americans as they reacted to a changed world.

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BBC documentary: 'Fighting Together in Korea'

BBC documentary: 'Fighting Together in Korea'

The BBC documentary, “Fighting Together in Korea,” looks at the desegregation of the U.S. armed forces.

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ChangeMakers: Adrienne Benjamin, a master jingle dress maker, artist and activist

ChangeMakers: Adrienne Benjamin, a master jingle dress maker, artist and activist

Adrienne Benjamin is a master jingle dress maker living on the Mille Lacs Reservation. She is also a jingle dress dancer, inspired by her great-grandmother Hannah. Guided by her mentors, teachers, counselors and grandad, Benjamin is working to help transform the lives of the next generation of Minnesotans.
by Kathryn Styer Martinez

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Veterans Day in 2020: Quiet parades, somber virtual events

Veterans Day in 2020: Quiet parades, somber virtual events

The U.S. is celebrating this Veterans Day with virtual gatherings and spectator-free parades. Many of the traditional ceremonies have been canceled this year because of the surging coronavirus that has killed thousands of veterans. Several of the nation’s veterans homes are fighting new outbreaks and are barring visitors.
by The Associated Press

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