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For Immediate Release From USDE! U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona today announced the 59th class of U.S. Presidential Scholars, recognizing 161 high school seniors for their accomplishm

Are You Experienced Are You Experienced is the debut studio album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Released in 1967, the LP was an immediate critical and commercial success, and it is widely regarde

This Day in Black History: May 12, 1951 Former congressman Oscar De Priest died of complications from a bus accident on May 12, 1951. Oscar Stanton De Priest ended a 28-year-long dry spell of Blac

For Immediate Release From Huffington Post! “Teaching is the profession that enables all other professions,” writes Secretary of Education Miguel A. Cardona. “And teachers deserve respect.” Tw

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Louis Farrakhan (Born Louis Eugene Walcott, May 11, 1933) is an American black supremacist and anti-white cult leader who heads the Nation of Islam (NOI). Prior to joining the NOI, he was a calypso si

This Day in Black History: May 11, 1981 Bob Marley passed away 40 years ago today. On May 11, 1981, singer-songwriter Robert Nesta “Bob” Marley died from skin cancer at age 36. Born on February

Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern

Judith Ann Jamison (born May 10, 1943) is an American dancer and choreographer. She is the artistic director emerita of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Early training Judith Jamison was born

Merlene Joyce Ottey OJ CD (born 10 May 1960) is a Jamaican-Slovenian former track and field sprinter. She began her career representing Jamaica in 1978, and continued to do so for 24 years, before rep

Kenan Thompson (Born May 10, 1978) is an American comedian and actor. Thompson has been a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live since 2003, making him the longest-tenured cas

For Immediate Release From USDE! To mark Public Service Recognition Week, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) today announced that, as of the beginning of May 2023, it has approved a to