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Mae Carol Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama, on October 17, 1956, [1] [2] the youngest of three children of Charlie Jemison and Dorothy Jemison (née Green). [3] Her father was a maintenance supervisor for a charity organization, and her mother worked most of her career as an elementary school teacher of English and math at the Ludwig van Beethoven Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois.
Mae Jemison October 17, 1956 First African-American woman in space STS-47 (September 12, 1992) [2] 6 Bernard A. Harris Jr. June 26, 1956 First African American to ...
Mae C. Jemison, first African-American woman astronaut, is also a physician. [25] Renee Rosalind Jenkins in 1989 became the first African American president of the Society for Adolescent Medicine and in 2007, became the first African American president of the American Academy of Pediatrics. [103]
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Memorial Stadium was empty as soundchecks were performed ahead of today's event featuring William Shatner, Janelle Monae and Mae Jemison. The Hoosier Comic Celebration begins at 1 p.m.
The group's informal nickname is an acronym for "George Abbey Final Fifteen". [58]Of this group, Mae Jemison would become the first female African-American in space, [59] Bruce Melnick the first Coast Guard aviator in space, [60] while Michael Foale would fly aboard the Mir space station. [37]
“You are not and yet you are: your thoughts, your deeds, above all your dreams still live.” —W.E.B. Du Bois 52. “Your story is what you have, what you will always have.