Breathe On

Black Business, Arts, and Education

December 11, 2023

Black people have always had an entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no lack of desire or motivation that stops them from pursuing the path. According to the most recent official numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau, there are nearly 3.6 million ...

The Apollo Theater in Harlem on Tuesday evening featured the annual Root 100 Gala. It was an evening focused on Root 100 honorees, a ranking of the most impactful Black Americans for the 14th year in a row. Comedian Roy Wood Jr. and … 

More than 200 banners are now hung around Roxbury. Each names and honors a Black woman leader in Boston. Two guests join Radio Boston to talk about the project. Ed Gaskin is the executive director of Grove Hall Main Streets, which ...

Black Violin's single "A Flat" off of their album "Classically Trained"

Colman Domingo and Shonda Rhimes are among the special honorees for the 2024 Black Reel Awards and set to accept prizes named for the late Chadwick Boseman and Diahann Caroll, respectively. The annual Black Reel Awards, which salute ...

In a remarkable effort to preserve history and foster cultural exchange, the Oaks family of West Plains, MO, has acquired the historic Lincoln School, once a symbol of segregation, with plans to transform it into a vibrant cultural center. Essence …

It’s almost time to close the books on 2023 (I know, and I haven’t even started my holiday shopping!). But before we do, I had to take some time to shout out some of the amazing books by Black authors that dropped this year. From moving memoirs ...

Cameron Clarkson, the founder of Book Blaster and Howard University alum, created Book Blaster to help authors focus on their artistic work by enabling them to delegate marketing tasks to a reliable AI-powered platform. By harnessing the power of this …

Black Americans are the third-largest racial or ethnic group in the United States, which equates to more than 12% of the total population. However, a 2023 study showed fewer than 3% of all businesses in America are Black-owned …

Declan Lopez, a 6-year-old brainiac in New Jersey, proved there’s no age limit to intelligence. The kindergartener holds a 138 IQ, which puts her in the gifted or highly intelligent level, according to IQ Tests. Children ages 5 and 6 are generally ...

Running a business is hard enough if someone has a good idea of what they're doing. But without a basic sense of how to make a business plan, those prospective entrepreneurs are almost guaranteed to fail. To address that, the Wisconsin …