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Lewis Howard Latimer in 1882, who worked with Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison, and whose improved invention of Bell's work I hadn't learned of in my whitewashed education. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Exhibit in the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois, USA shows a light bulb by Lewis Howard Latimer, 1883. (Source: Daderot / Wikimedia Commons)

The significance of seeking diversity in science

Kellie Plumhof February 5, 2017

  "Hidden Figures," a film depicting the lives of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, three African-American women who worked for and made great contributions to NASA,...

Denzel Washington plays Troy Maxson and Viola Davis plays Rose Maxson in Fences from Paramount Pictures. (David Lee/Paramount Pictures)

Film industry still catching up to correct underrepresentation

Jeweliette Cordero February 5, 2017

  In honor of Black History Month, we take a look back into African-American history in the film industry and how representation has come a very long way, from cliched stereotypes to the real-life...

Race, gender identity and sexual orientation will be put on discussion at WSU Diversity Center's talk on being both black and queer on Feb. 16. (Source: Pixabay.com)

Diversity Center to discuss overlaps of race and sexual orientation

Leah Higginbotham February 5, 2017

Each individual has different facets of identity that overlap and intersect in a variety of ways. When it comes to being a part of multiple minorities, these overlaps provide people with unique social...

Grandson of Nelson Mandela to speak at WSU Convocations

February 5, 2015

In celebration of Black History Month, Weber State University will host Ndaba Mandela, grandson of former South African President Nelson Mandela, as this month’s WSU Convocations guest speaker. Presented in...

Black History Month

February 6, 2012

“Black people have done a lot more than peanut butter and Martin Luther King,” said Weber State University student Lonald Wishom. Wishom is the vice president for diversity and unity at WSU. “It...

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