History Made: Erin Jackson Is The First Black Woman To Win Olympic Speed Skating Medal
And she took home GOLD! After Team USA’s Erin Jackson finished her lap in 37.04 seconds in the women’s 500-meter speed skating Olympic race on Sunday, she made history as the first Black woman to win a speed skating medal at the Winter Games, NBC News reports. The history making moment arrives four years after Jackson made her Olympic […]
Surviving A Traumatic Brain Injury Motivated Houston Man To Become A Bodybuilder
Competing in the sport has given him purpose! Surviving a traumatic brain injury motivated a Houston man to become a bodybuilder, the Houston Chronicle reports. Kelubia Mabatah graduated from the Kinkaid School in 2005, a college preparatory school located in Houston, Texas. There he was a tennis star and a force to be reckoned with, […]
Media Mogul Issa Rae Set To Receive Producers Guild’s Visionary Award
A true visionary indeed! Media mogul Issa Rae is set to receive the Producers Guild’s Visionary Award, Deadline reports. Issa Rae burst onto the scene with her Awkward Black Girl series, leaving the internet in a comedy chokehold and parlaying her online success to even more lucrative and successful projects. Now, the award-winning actress is […]
Kelly Curtis Is The First Black U.S. Skeleton Racer To Compete In Olympics
She’s waited a long time for this opportunity! Kelly Curtis just made history as the first Black U.S. skeleton racer to compete in the Olympics, The New York Times reports. Curtis has always been an athlete, running track and field at Tulane and Springfield College before making the shift to skeleton, a sport where athletes race headfirst […]
Meet The Man Who Left The NFL To Become A Train Conductor
Sometimes you have to follow your heart! Meet the man who left the NFL to become a train conductor, Black Enterprise reports. Keith Fitzhugh always had dreams to play in the NFL and would let everyone know that one day, it was going to happen. Luckily for him, he had a knack for backing up his […]
12-Year-Old Swimmer Takes a Stand in Black Lives Matter Suit
She was committed to standing up for what was right! A 12-year-old swimmer used her platform to take a stand, nearly getting disqualified from her swim meet, CNN reports. Minneapolis has been in the national spotlight recently, and not for the right reasons. In the summer of 2020, George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis police […]
‘Shark Tank’ Told Lip Bar Founder To Quit, 10 Years Later, The Beauty Company Is Booming
A reminder to never give up on your dreams! Shark Tank investors told Lip Bar founder Melissa Butler to quit, but 10 years later, her beauty company is booming. Viewers have tuned in for 13 seasons to watch Shark Tank, a popular ABC show where entrepreneurs get a chance to pitch their company to successful investors with the hope of gaining […]
Toni Stone: Google Honors First Woman To Play In A Men’s Major Baseball League
She’s finally getting her flowers! The first woman to regularly play in a major men’s professional baseball league is being honored in a new Google Doodle, MLB.com reports. Marcenia “Toni” Stone was born in 1921 in Bluefield, West Virginia, later relocating to St. Paul, Minnesota. According to Google, Stone got so good at baseball as a child […]
Dejounte Murray Manifested His Way To The NBA All-Star Game
Well go ahead and put it into the atmosphere! Dejounte Murray has manifested his way to the NBA All-Star game, ESPN reports. The 2022 NBA All-Star game is just around the corner and two of the top players are out for injuries. Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green is unfortunately recovering from a lower-back disk […]
MasterClass Releases More Than 50 Free Lessons In Honor of Black History Month
It’s their most comprehensive class yet! MasterClass has released more than 50 free lessons in honor of Black History Month, Ebony reports. MasterClass is a subscription-based platform that serves as the premiere destination for those looking for specialized education about a variety of topics from some of the world’s greatest minds. Recently, the platform announced […]