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Three African-American Female DC High School Science Students Confronted with Racism in NASA Science Contest

November 25, 2018

Three African-American DC high school girls (Mikayla Sharrieff, India Skinner, and Bria Snell) entered a NASA-sponsored science contest. The girls’ submission for the contest was a method they developed to purify lead-contaminated water in school drinking fountains. They took clean water and disseminated it in Flint, Michigan. They became finalists -- the only all-black female team to make it ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: United States Tagged With: Bria Snell, India Skinner, Mikayla Sharrieff, racism, students

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