Jonathan Batista Is Now the First Black Principal Dancer at the Pacific Northwest Ballet
The Pacific Northwest Ballet is celebrating their 50th year anniversary by making history, recently naming Jonathan Batista as the first Black principal dancer, The Root reports. We’ve recently reported on Black people who have shaken up the ballet world, such as Solange Knowles who just produced an original score for the New York City Ballet, Janet Rollé who made history as […]
3 Good Reasons You Should Learn More About Angela Davis
She’s a force! Angela Yvonne Davis was born on January 26, 1944, in Birmingham, Alabama, Biography reports. She grew up in Birmingham’s Dynamite Hill, a moniker given to the middle-class neighborhood because of the prevalence of African-American home bombings at the hands of the Ku Klux Klan. Davis’ father was a service station owner, and her mother Sallye […]
TikTok Star Khaby Lame Becomes 2022 FIFA World Cup Brand Ambassador
He’s moving in silence! The TikTok star Khaby Lame was recently named the 2022 FIFA World Cup Brand Ambassador for the biggest bank in the Middle East and Africa, Qatar National Bank. TikTok is the newest video platform we all know and love. Whether it be for things like shopping, entertainment, or trying to […]
Here’s Why We Should Be Talking About Zora Neale Hurston More
Thank you Zora! In the world of literary icons who also doubled as activists and Black crusaders, there are those we hold in high regard, a Mount Rushmore of Black literary giants that include the likes of Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, and Nikki Giovanni. And while there are a host of new Black authors giving voice to our experiences, […]
10 TikTok Creators to Follow If You Want To See More Black Joy On Your Timeline
They’re making the world a better place! Social media isn’t always the healthiest place for your mental health; it’s easy to digest copious negativity, become desensitized to topics you should care about, and spend too much energy on things that will steal your joy. Facebook is just the place to get caught up in an unhealthy […]
Wilt Chamberlain: 4 Things You Never Knew About The Greatest Basketball Player To Ever Live
His career was a tour de force! He was born Wilton Norman Chamberlain on August 21, 1936 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Biography reports. Widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players to ever live, like many celebrities, Chamberlain is as big a myth as he was a man. Attending Overbrook High School in Philly, he got his start on the […]
Chick-Fil-A Is Donating $25K to Feeding America on Behalf of Its First Black-Owned Drive-Thru in NYC
“Happy Birthday Babe … this one hits different!” was a part of Coach Gessie Thompson’s, founder of DetoxNow, Instagram post that celebrated her husband this week. According to Gessie, this birthday was different because he’s now the proud owner of the first Black-owned Chick-Fil-A drive-thru in New York City! Locally-owned and operated, Marc Thompson Jr. […]
Tina Fabrique Singing The Original Reading Rainbow Theme Song Will Give You Chills
Take a look, it’s in a book, a Reading Rainbow! The iconic show from the 80s that we all know and love, hosted by the incomparable Levar Burton, had a theme song that was originally sang by Tina Fabrique. This past summer, documentary Butterfly in the Sky was released, telling the story behind the 21 seasons and […]
Nigerian Novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Received the W. E. B. Du Bois Medal and Her 16th Honorary Doctorate Degree This Year
Award-winning novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie recently received the W. E. B. Du Bois Medal, Harvard University’s highest honor in the field of African-American studies. Born in Enugu, Nigeria in 1977, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s parents were faculty at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Her father was a professor and her mother was the first female registrar […]
Marc Thompson Jr. Just Opened the First Black-Owned Drive-Thru Chick-Fil-A in NYC
“Happy Birthday Babe … this one hits different!” was a part of Coach Gessie Thompson’s, founder of TheDetoxNow.com, Instagram post that celebrated her husband this week. According to Gessie, this birthday was different because he’s now the proud owner of the first Black-owned Chick-Fil-A drive-thru in New York City! Locally-owned and operated, Marc Thompson Jr. […]