SFJAZZ will present a diverse lineup of jazz performances in February 2026, featuring renowned artists and ensembles. The ...
Viral Facebook posts claimed Gladys Knight reportedly passed away ...
*Legendary R&B singer Gladys Knight had to cancel her performance in Florida on Saturday night after falling ill backstage.
As a Navy mathematician in the 1950s and beyond, she played an unheralded but foundational role in making possible the global ...
Gladys West, who has died aged 95, was the daughter of poor black farmers who in the 1950s and 1960s was instrumental in ...
A self-described "little farm girl" in the Jim Crow Era, Gladys West's complex and pioneering work for the U.S. Navy helped ...
West’s genius secured her a position in 1956 at the Naval Support Facility Dahlgren, then called Naval Proving Ground, where ...
Groundbreaking Black mathematician Gladys West, who helped develop the algorithms behind GPS, died Jan. 17 at age 95. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Marvin Jackson, who co-wrote West's memoir.