On Friday night, the first Black man to travel around the moon piloted the Orion spacecraft that returned to Earth and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego. In the hours leading up to Artemis II’s high-speed return, there was a nervous excitement as the pilot Victor Glover Jr., Commander Reid Wiseman, Christina […]
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Eclipse Fever Is Gripping Black Texans
The word “eclipse” comes from a Greek word meaning “abandonment,” but in Texas, this week’s total solar eclipse has had the polar opposite effect. An estimated 4 million tourists are expected to have flocked to the Lone Star state to see the once-in-a-generation event, which starts in the Dallas area around 1:30 p.m. CT on […]