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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 (2022, illustrated by Janna Morton) Laverne Cox (2022, illustrated by Olivia Daisy Coles) Helen Keller (2022, illustrated by Sam Rudd) Hedy Lamarr (2023, illustrated by Maggie Cole) Queen Elizabeth (2023, illustrated by Melissa Lee Johnson) Dwayne Johnson (2023, illustrated by Lirios Bou) Anna Pavlova (2023, illustrated by Sue Downing)
It is named for Mae Jemison, a native of nearby Decatur, Alabama who was the first African-American female astronaut. [ 2 ] The school is built on the same campus as McNair Junior High School, which is named for the late Ronald McNair , the second African-American astronaut in space, who was killed in the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger .
It is about a girl, Mae (a nod to African American astronaut Mae Jemison), who, with her family, follows the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing. Reception.
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This episode has a cameo by Mae Carol Jemison, the first Black woman in space, who would become the first astronaut to guest star in a Star Trek series. [2] Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. In this episode, Commander Riker comes face to face with an exact ...
The school was an extension of the Bluford Drew Jemison Math Science Technology Academy initially opened in 2007 as a charter middle school, and named for African-Americans who had found success in STEM fields: Guion S. Bluford and Mae Jemison, and Charles R. Drew. [4]
September 5 – Batman: The Animated Series premieres on Fox Kids. September 11 – Hurricane Iniki hits the Hawaiian Islands, Kauai and Oahu. September 12 – STS-47: Dr. Mae Jemison becomes the first African American woman to travel into space, aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour.