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May 8, 2023
For the first time in the state’s history, the South Carolina Democratic Party will be led by a Black woman. Christale Spain, a longtime Democratic Party leader and organizer and an ally of longtime SC Rep. Jim Clyburn, takes over leadership of the party in South...
It wasn't much time, but Emmanuel Akindele made the most of his three minutes in the spotlight. Along with six other tech entrepreneurs, Akindele recently stood in front of a crowd of 200 people and a panel of judges to pitch his business...
Star American violinist Randall Goosby, a passionate advocate for diversity in classical music, talks about the lives and music of four brilliant Black composers: William Grant Still, Florence Price, Joseph Boulogne, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
Kamala Harris began finding her footing last year with a rousing, impromptu eulogy for a Black matriarch that drew a mostly African-American audience to its feet — a task she must now replicate on a wide scale to secure President Joe Biden’s reelection. Harris, the...
Bassist George Porter Jr. and drummer Zigaboo Modeliste played the very first New Orleans Jazz & Heritage festival in 1970 with their groundbreaking funk band The Meters. More than 50 years later, The Meters are no more, but Porter and Modeliste are still...
Progressive Insurance announced the opening of the application period for its Driving Business Forward grant program in support of Black entrepreneurs. According to a Progressive release, the company is teaming with Hello Alice, a fintech company, to...
Shawndell Pullam and Ryan Whitfield have been best friends since 1991, and played basketball together growing up. However, their passion for entrepreneurship will see them become business partners, cementing their three-decade-old friendship. The duo went...
Charming, quirky, cartoonish and sweet. These are just a few ways that viewers have described “Rye Lane,” Hulu’s new British rom-com starring Vivian Oparah and David Jonsson. It’s not just the bright, fun energy of this film, viewers on social media say, it’s...
Higher education leader Ruth J. Simmons will deliver the school’s 2023 Convocation address on May 24, the Harvard Graduate School of Education announced in a press release last month. Simmons, the president of Prairie View A&M University and president emerita of...
Alexandria, Virginia, has a rich history, but part of it has been overlooked. The city’s first Black Family Reunion sought photos and artifacts to enhance library archives. Many people remain unaware of the rich history engulfing a key Virginia city, and efforts are...
In 1979, Viola Osgood and two Globe colleagues asked an editor if they could write about six Black women and girls, ranging in age from 15 to 29, who were murdered in a three-mile radius in Dorchester and Roxbury within a few weeks. Boston’s media mostly ignored their...
