Newark Artist Bisa Butler Is Using ‘Portrait Quilts’ To Tell Vivid Stories Of Blackness
Her work is stunning! Newark artist Bisa Butler is using her “portrait quilts” to tell a new story, CBS News reports. Butler is a former art teacher who is now being hailed as a modern day griot. Inspired by the dressmaking of her mother and grandmother, Butler began creating quilt art. Her vividly detailed portraits, […]
Renowned Photographer Dario Calmese Partners With Adobe To Design Lightroom Presets Catering To Darker Skin Tones
Finally! No more white-washed photos! Adobe partnered with renowned photographer Dario Calmese to design Lightroom presets that cater to darker skin tones. Calmese is an accomplished artist, director, brand consultant, and Parsons School of Design professor in New York City. He has used art to highlight and explore history, race, class, and human life throughout his career. […]
John Henry Sloan, A North Carolina WWII Veteran, Celebrated His 100th Birthday With His Wife By His Side
100 Years of love and lessons. A North Carolina World War II veteran, John Henry Sloan, just celebrated his 100th birthday, WWAY TV reports. Sloan is a World War II veteran who served on the front line, even driving in Italy to collect the dog tags of fallen soldiers. He said the best part about the war […]
He Made History As The First Black Male Valedictorian At His High School, Now He Is Telling His Story To Inspire Others
From Houston to Harvard! A Texas student who made history as the first Black male valedictorian at his high school is now headed to the Ivy Leagues and telling his story to inspire others, Fox 2 Houston reports. Da’Vion Tatum made history as the first Black male valedictorian at Westfield High School. He also received […]
‘A Black Lady Sketch Show’ Editors Make History As The First Women of Color Editing Team To Be Nominated, And Win, An Emmy
They’re pioneering a lane for more women of color! Editors for Robin Thede’s hit HBO show, “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” took home the show’s first Emmy during this weekend’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards for Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming. They won for their work on Season 2 Episode 3, “Sister, May I Call […]
Ayesha and Stephen Curry Have A New Bus That’s Feeding & Teaching Children In Oakland
It’s the real magic school bus! Ayesha and Stephen Curry have a new bus that’s feeding and teaching children in Oakland, California, NBC News reports. The Currys are back at it again, this time debuting a new Eat.Learn.Play. Bus that will teach, feed and engage youth around Oakland’s under-resourced communities. Their Eat.Learn.Play foundation has previously […]
School Is Back In Session And These Are Some Of Our Favorite First Day Of School Photos
Back to school is here! Labor Day has passed, which means most students are back in the classroom, virtually and in person. This is one of our favorite times of the year when social media is flowing with back-to-school photos for students from elementary school to college. Here are some of our favorite pictures from […]
Recent College Graduate Creates New ‘BraidAid’ Precision Tool For Hair Stylists
She’s got a brilliant design! A recent Mercer College graduate has created a new “BraidAid” precision tool for hair stylists, The Den reports. Amber Byrd is the creator of BraidAid, a new hair tool assisting hair stylists with creating precise parting. The product is the first under Byrd’s AB Glitz brand. In high school, she started her […]
Reality TV Show ‘Big Brother’ Had An All-Black Final 6, “The Cookout,” For The First Time In It’s History
This is hilariously epic! For the first time in its 20+ year history, popular reality TV show Big Brother has an all-Black final 6, Screen Rant reports. Season 23 of Big Brother, dubbed BB23, is well underway and fans cannot get enough. Viewers have long complained that Big Brother needed major cast changes to be […]
South African Born Frontline Worker And Refugee Makes History As The First Black Miss Ireland In 70 Years
She persevered and rightfully won her crown! A former direct provision resident and frontline worker just made history as the first Black Miss Ireland, the Irish Independent News reports. Pamela Uba’s family moved from South Africa to Ireland when she was just seven years old. When they arrived, they were immediately put into direct provision, […]