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a building collapsed in Taiwan.

the light and colour group from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Architectural Design, Form and Colour Studies.

HBCU

I was wondering about notable recent architecture at historically black colleges and universities. Here is the Architecture and Art building at Prairie View A&M in Texas by Roto Architects. What do you think? notable?

Design Study: School of Architecture, Prairie View A&M. by Roto Architects. DSC_0305

United States War dept promotion film to enlist african americans in the military during ww2 Needed for war production, African-Americans are shown being trained and educated at traditionally Black colleges. http://familytreefreegeneology.blogspot.com/ African-American soldiers and sailors in uniform on campus. Aircraft flying classes. African-American students and scientists in laboratories.

NASCAR

something I've always wondered about. African-americans in automotive racing.

Wendell Scott was the first African American inducted in the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Throughout the 1960s and 70s, he poured his heart, soul, and all of his earnings into maintaining his own race car. His son, Frank, remembers what it took for his father to cross the finish line at racetracks throughout the South.

One of Danvilles most famous native sons has a face that is recognizable not only among scholars of black history, but also among longtime NASCAR fans. Thats because Wendell Scott is known as the man who broke the color barrier in stock car racing - and he did so in 1963 when he became the first (and still the only) black driver to win a race in what is now the Sprint Cup Series.