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First Black Woman Aviator in America

In 1915, at 23 years old, Coleman moved to Chicago, where she lived with her brothers and worked as a manicurist. Not long after her move to Chicago, she began listening to and reading stories of World War I pilots, which sparked her interest in aviation. First Black Woman Aviator—Bessie Coleman In 1922, a time of both gender and racial discrimination, Coleman broke barriers and became the world’s first black woman to earn a pilot’s license. Because flying schools in...

African American History Facts

  • February 2, 2020
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February is African American history month; and to honor some of the lesser known history makers— whose names are not as well-known as many others or not known at all. For instance, Martin Luther King, Jr, George Washington Carver, Sojourner Truth, and Rosa Parks. First —Ida B. Wells  (Oct. 26, 1892) Ida B. Wells was an African American journalist, abolitionist and feminist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s. She went on to found and become...

# TUESDAY’S THOUGHTS

Tuesday’s thoughts at Shenandoah Change your thoughts, change your world. Norman Vincent Peale Reflection Tuesday’s thoughts Tuesday’s thoughts…think back to the good things that happened to you; For instance, there were no traffic jams or car accidents that slowed your travel down, and You awoke this morning to another new day… While recognizing that elsewhere another person did not. So, be humble and thankful for one more chance to live. You are healthy, mentally, and physically…meaning you don’t have to...

BABY TINSLEE AND LIFE SUPPORT

  • January 4, 2020
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Doctors at the Fort Worth hospital had planned to remove Tinslee from life support Nov. 10 after invoking Texas’ “10-day rule,” which can be employed when a family disagrees with doctors who say life-sustaining treatment should be stopped. The law stipulates that if the hospital’s ethics committee agrees with doctors, treatment can be withdrawn after 10 days if a new provider can be found to take the patient.Efforts to find another facility to take the girl have been unsuccessful. The...