Mae Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama on October 17, 1956, the youngest of three children. The Jemison family moved to Chicago when Mae was only three. It was in Chicago that an uncle introduced ...

Becoming an astronaut is hard enough, but one woman overcame obstacles to become the first African American woman in space. Born in the 1950s, Jemison would let nothing stop her from becoming one of ...

Mae Jemison, the first African American woman in space, will share her insights and perspective at the University of Delaware’s 2023 Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 27, UD President Dennis ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - February is Black History Month and KTBS 3/KPXJ CW 21 continue to salute the contributions of African Americans in labor with the help of Bossier Parish high school students. Mae ...

Mae Jemison, the first Black woman to go to space, will speak at Old Dominion University’s third annual Women’s Initiative Network Speaker Series on Tuesday. Jemison became the first woman of color to ...

More than three decades after making history aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour, Dr. Mae Jemison continues to inspire the next wave of space travelers while championing science and education on Earth.

FORT SMITH -- The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith is inviting the public to an out of this world presentation next month. NASA's first science mission specialist and first Black woman in space, ...