You might have seen people with wooden peg legs or metal hook-shaped hands in movies. These are early examples of prosthetics that could have been used by anyone who had lost a hand or leg. … Read more
Recent evidence collected by the Perseverance rover confirmed the presence of an ancient lake on Mars. This news is building excitement among scientists. The Perseverance rover [vehicle that lands on other planets or the Moon … Read more
Click through the images below to learn more about school desegregation. Photo Credit: [top]Smith Collection/Gado/Archive Photos/Getty Images, [bottom] Everett Collection Historical/Alamy Stock Photo
This month marks the 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka court decision. Topeka, Kansas, has a national park that commemorates this landmark decision. It’s called Brown v. Board of Education … Read more
Did you know that 70 years ago, Black children could not go to the same schools as White children? This was because of a policy called segregation. Segregation kept people of different races separated. People … Read more
This month is the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. This Supreme Court ruling ended the legal basis for segregation (separation based on race) in public schools. The Supreme Court itself was not clear … Read more
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