For our final Black History Month post, we wanted to honor the late Representative John Lewis (1940-2020), a civil rights leader who dedicated his life to fighting for freedom and equality in America. Lewis was born on February 21, 1940, near Troy, Alabama. Born the son of sharecroppers, he grew up on the family farm […]

  We continue our series on diverse men and women in history, and our celebration of Black History Month, with Dr. Lonnie Johnson, a United States Air Force veteran, former NASA engineer, and the inventor of both the Super Soaker water gun and the Nerf toy gun. Johnson was born in Mobile, Alabama, on October […]

As part of a new series, GHC would like to honor the diverse men and women that have had an impact on American history, but that people may not be as familiar with. We will be highlighting a new figure each week in hopes of bringing more awareness to how rich and diversified our history […]