Black History Month Heroes: Retired Astronaut Dr. Robert Satcher
Isiah sits down with Dr. Robert Satcher, a retired NASA astronaut and one of only 14 black Americans to visit space. He's also an orthopedic surgeon who graduated from Harvard Medical School and he also graduated from MIT with a degree in chemical engineering.
Historic African-American cemetery seeks volunteers for Black History month clean-up initiative
For Black History month, a non-profit is seeking volunteers to help with a weekly clean-up initiative at Historic Evergreen Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, the resting place of many of the city’s African-American leaders of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Black History Month: The little-known backstory
The backstory of how Black History Month became an annual celebration in the United States is often overlooked.
Google showcases African American achievements with ‘most searched’ for Black History Month
Google celebrated the achievements of black Americans with a commercial and website highlighting who and what was "the most searched."
Before Andrew Yang, MLK was the champion of universal basic income
Martin Luther King Jr. championed the idea of a universal basic income for all American adults more than 50 years ago as part of his Poor People's Campaign, but he was assassinated before he could carry the initiative to fruition.
New carrier to be named in honor of Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller, first black recipient of Navy Cross
A new U.S. Navy aircraft carrier will be named in honor of Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller, the first African American recipient of the Navy Cross, during a ceremony in Pearl Harbor Monday.
Group fighting to preserve cemetery started as burial ground for slaves
The Pleasant Green/Culbertson Cemetery is in east Harris County in the area of Oates Road and Wallisville Road and one group is fighting for the cemetery to be preserved. A Houston family says they own the land where a number of their relatives are buried.
First African-American person to attend all-white medical school in the South dies in Houston
Dr. Edith Irby Jones' family told FOX 26 her love for medicine stemmed from losing her 12-year-old sister at the age of eight to typhoid fever and suffering from rheumatic fever herself as a child. She graduated from Knoxville College, and in 1948, she became the first black person to be accepted into UAMS.
Black History Month - Kenneth M. Hoyt
In observance of Black History Month, FOX 26 News recognizes U.S. District Court of Southern Texas Senior Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt.