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NASA's new research center is named for a Black woman who was the focus of the blockbuster Hollywood film "Hidden Figures."

The United States Postal Service will debut four new stamps that pay homage to Ezra Jack Keats’ 1962 children’s book “The Snowy Day.”

Signed into law by President Obama in 2015, ESSA seeks to provide quality education for all of America’s children. Find out how you can be involved.

Jordan West, a 7-year-old girl with a big heart and a vision, is the driving force behind inspirational princess for a day events.

Mars will redirect funds from his tour to a Flint community organization.

Amariyanna “Mari” Copeny, a 10-year-old activist also known as Little Miss Flint, partnered with Michigan nonprofit Pack Your Back Sunday for a school supplies drive in Flint.

Cadet Simone Askew has made history for becoming the first Black woman appointed to lead West Point cadets.

Dr. Calvin Lowe, the Dean of the School of Science at Hampton University, recently won $1 million in a Virginia lottery scratch off game.

Aaron Tucker, an ex-prisoner in Connecticut, receives an outpouring of goodwill after missing a job interview to help a car-wreck victim.

Ben Jeanty, 27, graduated with his father, Duvinson, a Haitian immigrant who drove an NJ Transit bus for more than 25 years, from college on the same day.

Ajibola and Adeboye Taiwo, a couple from western Nigeria, had been trying to conceive for 17 years and delivered six healthy babies at a Virginia hospital in mid-May.

Dr. Myron Rolle—who put off an NFL career because he was a Rhodes Scholar—plans to become a physician with a specialty in neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital in June.