Happy birthday Mae Carol Jemison

Mae Carol Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama. on October 17, 1956, the youngest child of Charlie Jemison and Dorothy Green. Her father was a maintenance supervisor for a charity organization, and her mother worked most of her career as an elementary school teacher of English and math at the Beethoven School in Chicago. According to a DNA analysis, she descended from people of Cameroon, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Ghana and Senegal.

Wishing a very Happy Birthday to Mae Carol Jemison, first African American woman to travel in space is a year older today! Join African Celebs in wishing her a great day!