Breathe On

Black Business, Arts, and Education

September 10, 2024

Richard Henry Greene made history as Yale University’s first Black graduate and later served as a physician during the American Civil War. Born in 1833 in New Haven, Connecticut, Greene was the son of Richard Green, a bookmaker living four ...

A new event series is coming to Detroit next week that aims to showcase the talents of the area's Black chefs and culinary professionals. Black Food & Wine Experience founder Aminah Robinson-Briscoe, known as Chef Mimi, has hosted events like ...

Actor James Earl Jones Dies At Age 93

When Kimberly Jacobs, a curator for the August Wilson African American Cultural Center, first started putting together an exhibit featuring the work of Black comic book creators, she didn’t know much about comics. By the time the exhibit ...

In recent weeks, the discussion around what constitutes a “Black job” has reignited a critical conversation about race, identity and the workforce. The term has been used to describe jobs perceived as lower-paying or less desirable, typically occupied ...

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will host its second annual HBCU AccessFest: College and Career Fair, on Saturday, September 21, 12pm to 5pm at the Woodruff Arts Center. Presented by Invesco QQQ and Delta Air Lines, HBCU AccessFest ...

On a cool March afternoon in 1906, Maggie Lena Walker stood before the leading Black men of Richmond, Virginia, and dared them to tame a beast.  “My friends, there is a lion terrorizing us, preying upon us, and upon every business effort which we ...