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Black History Month: Bobby Grier
In 1933, Robert “Bobby” Grier Sr. made history when he broke the Sugar Bowl color barrier when he took the field for the Pitt Panthers against the Georgia Tech Yellowjackets. Grier played despite the objections of the Governor of Louisiana, where the game was held, and the Governor of Georgia. Students, faculty, and players from…
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Black History Month: Melba Mouton
Melba Roy Mouton served as Assistant Chief of Research Programs at NASA’s Trajectory and Geodynamics Division in the 1960s and headed a group of NASA mathematicians called “computers”. She served as Head Mathematician for Echo Satellites 1 and 2 before becoming Head Computer Programmer and then Program Production Section Chief at Goddard Space Flight Center.…
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Door Decoration Contest: Getting to the Heart of Black History Month
Please congratulate room 416 (8th grade) and room 319 (11th grade) on winning February’s door decoration contest. It was a very close contest, down to the decimal!
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Black History Month: Frederick Douglass
Born into slavery, Frederick Douglas estimated he was born in February of 1817 (scholars would later estimate his year of birth to be 1818 based on records.) Without an exact date, Douglass picked February 14th because his mother called him “her little Valentine.” After escaping slavery in 1838, Douglass and his wife Anna Murray Douglass…
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Black History Month: Negro National League
On February 13 1920, the first Negro National League was established during a time when baseball was segrigated. Lasting until 1931, the NNL was the first African-American baseball league to find stability and last for more than one season. Following the end of the NNL many of the teams would continue on as members of…
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Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Theatre Arts Workshop
UPCS students learned about stage lighting, costume design, how to fake slap someone in a performance, and wrote and performed their own skits at the Byham Theater. An enjoyable and educational day was had by all.