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April 24, 2023
Tyra Perry of Illinois and Sharonda McDonald-Kelley of Michigan State will meet in a three-game series this weekend that is believed to be the first time two Black female coaches have squared off in Power Five softball. The Spartans were scheduled to play three games...
A Friday career fair at North Little Rock's Shorter College, one of Arkansas' historically Black colleges, gave students perspectives into professional opportunities their educations could unlock. The fair paralleled support services that historically Black colleges...
From Executive Producer Jada Pinkett Smith comes a new documentary series exploring the lives of prominent and iconic African Queens.
A New Jersey power couple took over the beloved Black-owned Booker’s Restaurant & Bar in Philadelphia. According to the Trenton Journal, Tracey and Cheri Syphax, the CEOs of Phax Entertainment Group, LLC, a multi-million dollar real estate...
The origin story of how marijuana became associated with April 20th supposedly dates back to a group of high schoolers who called themselves "the Waldos." One group member began hanging out with the Grateful Dead, then 4/20, a numerical code for Mary Jane...
More than 50 students, faculty and administrators attended a forum at Kent State University Friday, where Black and LGBTQ students spoke out about fears of losing scholarships and cherished campus student organizations if Senate Bill 83 passes in Ohio. The forum, put...
Black Knoxville entrepreneurs will have an opportunity to showcase and pitch their business ideas and win a $5,000 grant on June 19 during The Crown Pitch Competition. The competition was created by The Women, a company created by a group of six Black women...
In 1962, at the Purple Manor, a night club in Harlem, a group of women gathered to appear in an event called “Naturally ’62: The Original African Coiffure and Fashion Extravaganza Designed to Restore Our Racial Pride and Standards.” The models, who were Black, wore...
The Chicago Public Library (CPL) is getting a major donation to make Black history more accessible across the city. The Mellon Foundation is giving the library a $2 million grant. The announcement was made at the Woodson Regional Library on 95th and Halsted. It's home...
Beauty is a huge industry in the U.S., but Black-owned brands are vastly underrepresented. A new beauty collective with a location in Hyde Park is working to change that. Leslie Roberson knew she wanted to create a business in Hyde Park. She did market research to see...
Three Penn students founded Nexus, a club that encourages Black academics to explore the interdisciplinary studies of the mind and artificial intelligence. Through the creation of Nexus, College seniors Michael Konu and Razan Osman, and College sophomore Nwai...
