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January 22, 2024
Spelman College in Atlanta will receive the largest single financial donation ever made to a historically Black college or university, the school announced on Thursday. Billionaires Ronda Stryker and William Johnston will donate $100 …
The Norfolk State University is kicking off its celebration of Black History Month by hosting the grandson of Nelson Mandela Ndaba Nelson is the co-founder and chairman of Africa Rising Foundation. He is expected to participate in a …
Rising up over 23rd Avenue and Spring Street in the Central District is construction on Africatown Plaza, one of Seattle’s newest affordable housing developments. Unlike many of the cookie cutter five-over-one boxes you ...
Serena Williams reads 'Still I Rise' by Maya Angelou.
Last year, the U.S. Department of Education reported that Black educators make up approximately 9 percent of the teacher workforce, of which a majority are Black women. A group that is often studied but left out of conversations, we ...
Wednesday marked a historic day for Jerod Mayo and the New England Patriots as he was named the first Black head coach in franchise history. The importance of his hire was not lost on Mayo. "You better believe it. Being the first Black ...
On 15 June 1933 the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performed a brand new piece by an unknown composer. The work had won first prize in a competition and the music critic of the Chicago Daily News declared it “a faultless work, a work ...
Jaren Kirkland knew he wanted to be his own boss, but didn't know it would be in the logistics business until he saw an opportunity with Amazon. Now he's building a successful business delivering thousands of packages a day. During …
Pam Grier, the pioneering action hero who starred in such Blaxploitation classics as Roger Corman's The Big Doll House, The Big Bird Cage and Friday Foster, is set to receive a career achievement award at the upcoming Toronto Black Film …
Legendary Disney Imagineer Lanny Smoot is being inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, only the second member of the Disney Company to be granted the honor after Walt Disney himself. Smoot has worked for Disney ...
A family recipe sparked Toran Gray’s idea to sell pudding desserts and now his business, Extraordinary Banana Pudding, has three locations in southern California. The entrepreneur’s great-grandmother crafted a sweet banana ...
