The Everglades National Park Join us today as we learn about one of the largest and most diverse National Parks in the United...

Who Is Barack Obama? Join us today as we learn about the forty fourth President of the United States. Link to Sonya Sotomayor https://anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/episodes/Who-Is-Barack-Obama-e1udj63 Sources: https://kidskonnect.com/people/barack-obama/ https://kids.kiddle.co/Barack_Obama https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/barack-obama https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Barack-Obama/470904 Send us listener mail! Send an audio message:...

Who Is Mae Jemison?  Join us today as we learn about the first black woman in space--Mae Jemison. Sources: https://kids.kiddle.co/Mae_Jemison https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Mae-Jemison/327536 https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/mae-jemison Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: [email protected]

Have you ever heard of Ruby Bridges? Ruby became a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement when she was only 6 years old and she is still alive today! Learn more about Ruby in this episode. Additional Resources: Books for Black History Month: blog.sonlight.com/books-black-history-month.html Digital download all about Ruby Bridges Sources: Time for Kids: Ruby Bridges Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: [email protected]

Who Was Patricia Bath?  Join us today as we learn about Patricia Bath, the first black woman doctor to receive a patent. Sources: https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Patricia-Bath/633097 hthttps://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/dr-patricia-bathtps://www.thoughtco.com/patricia-bath-profile-1991374 https://www.biography.com/scientist/patricia-bath Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: [email protected]

Henrietta Lacks' Amazing Cells. Join us today as we learn about the scientific contributions of Henrietta Lacks. Sources https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/henriettalacks/ https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/henriettalacks/importance-of-hela-cells.html https://www.biography.com/scientist/henrietta-lacks https://www.scienceabc.com/humans/henrietta-lacks-who-was-she-why-are-hela-cells-immortal.html Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email:...

Who Was Katherine Johnson?  Join us today as we learn about Katherine Johnson who served as a human computer for NASA in the early years of the space exploration program. Sources: https://www.biography.com/scientist/katherine-g-johnson https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/who-was-katherine-johnson-k4 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Katherine-Johnson-mathematician https://www.nasa.gov/content/katherine-johnson-biography Send us listener mail! Send an...

Who Was Gordon Parks?  Join us today as we learn about the first black man to work as a photographer for Life magazine. Sources: https://www.nga.gov/learn/teachers/lessons-activities/uncovering-america/parks-photography.html  To see some of Gordon Park’s photographs https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Gordon-Parks/276289 https://www.gordonparksfoundation.org/gordon-parks/biography https://www.biography.com/artist/gordon-parks Send us listener mail! Send an audio message:...

The Man Who Stood Up For What Is Right Join us today as we learn about the man who spent his life standing up for equal rights for all, Thurgood Marshall Sources: https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Thurgood-Marshall/353436  https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/thurgood-marshall  https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/thurgood-marshall-sworn-in  https://www.biography.com/legal-figures/thurgood-marshall   Send us listener mail!  Send an audio message:...

Who is Duke Ellington? Did you know "Duke" was just a nickname for this was pivotal in jazz musician? Listen in to learn about Duke Ellington's pivotal role in the evolution of jazz music. Additional Resources: Free Online Course about Duke Ellington: Duke's Music School Sources: Meet Duke Ellington https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Duke-Ellington/274162 https://theundefeated.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/#duke-ellington...

Who Was Frederick Jones?  Join us today as we learn about the man who invented the refrigeration truck.   Sources: https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/jones-frederick-mckinley-1893-1961/ https://www.thoughtco.com/frederick-mckinley-jones-4587799 https://www.biography.com/inventor/frederick-jones https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/frederick-mckinley-jones-28122.php https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Frederick-McKinley-Jones/471104 Send us listener...

Who Was Zora Neale Hurton? Join us today as we learn about Zora Neale Hurton Sources: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zora-Neale-Hurston   https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/zora-hurston      Send us listener mail!  Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message  Send an email: [email protected]   

Who Was Garrett Morgan?  Join us today as we learn about some of the useful inventions of Garrett Morgan Sources: https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/garrett-morgan-9935.php https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Garrett-Morgan/443679 https://www.thoughtco.com/garrett-morgan-profile-1992160 https://www.biography.com/inventor/garrett-morgan Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: [email protected]

Who Was Madam CJ Walker?  Join us today as we learn about the first self-made black woman millionaire--Madam CJ Walker. Sources: https://www.biography.com/inventor/madam-cj-walker https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/madame-c-j-walker https://madamcjwalker.com/about/ https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/madam-cj-walker Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: [email protected]

Who was Booker T. Washington? Booker T. Washington was born at a time when there were not many opportunities for African Americans to get an education.  He devoted his life to learning and to helping others learn as well. Sources: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Booker-T-Washington https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/booker-t-washington Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: [email protected]

Who Was Lewis Latimer?  Join us today as we learn about the Renaissance Man Sources: https://www.britannica.com/question/What-does-Renaissance-man-mean https://www.britannica.com/event/Dred-Scott-decision https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Lewis-Latimer/312102 https://www.thoughtco.com/lewis-latimer-profile-1992098 Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: [email protected]

Who Was Frederick Douglass?  Join us today as we learn about a man who spent much of his life fighting for the freedom for all men. Sources: Slade, Suzanne, and Robert McGuire. Frederick Douglass: Writer, Speaker, and Opponent of Slavery. Picture Window Books, 2007. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-Douglass Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: [email protected]

Who Was Harriet Beecher Stowe?  Join us today as we learn about the lady President Lincoln referred to as the "little woman who started the Civil War." Sources: https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/harriet-beecher-stowe https://www.biography.com/activist/harriet-beecher-stowe https://www.americanhistoryforkids.com/harriet-beecher-stowe/ https://kids.kiddle.co/Harriet_Beecher_Stowe https://www.ducksters.com/biography/women_leaders/harriet_beecher_stowe.php Send us listener...

Who Was Nat Turner?  Join us today as we learn about the enslaved man who led one of the bloodiest revolts against slavery in the history of the United States--Nat Turner. Sources: https://billofrightsinstitute.org/essays/nat-turners-rebellion https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Nat-Turner/399991 https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/nat-turner https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-milestones https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nat-Turner Send us...

Who Was Elizabeth Freeman?  Join us today as we learn about Elizabeth Freeman, the first African American woman to be granted her freedom by the Sate of Massachusetts in 1781. Sources: https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/elizabeth-freeman https://www.elizabethfreemancenter.org/who-we-are/elizabeth-freeman/ https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/blog/elizabeth-freeman-her-case-for-freedom-and-the-massachusetts-constitution Send us listener...

Who Was Benjamin Banneker?  Join us today as we learn about the man with the great memory who helped lay out the streets of our nation's capital. Sources: https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Benjamin-Banneker/273098 https://www.biography.com/scientist/benjamin-banneker https://www.whitehousehistory.org/benjamin-banneker https://www.thoughtco.com/benjamin-banneker-profile-1991360 https://www.notablebiographies.com/Ba-Be/Banneker-Benjamin.html Send us listener mail! Send an...

Why We Celebrate Black History Join us today as we learn about the origins of this month-long celebration of the accomplishments and contributions of Black people to the history of the United States. Sources: https://www.npr.org/2022/02/01/1075623826/why-is-february-black-history-month  https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/black-history-month  https://www.thoughtco.com/black-history-month-45346  Send us listener mail!  Send an audio message:...

What Is Biotechnology? Join us today as we learn what biotechnology is and some of the things that have been improved by...

Who Are the Cajun People? Join us today as we learn about this people group that now lives in the bayous of Lousiana Sources: https://www.acadian.org/history/acadian-history/overview/   https://www.britannica.com/topic/Cajun  Send us listener mail!  Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message  Send an email: [email protected]