She Just Became the First Black Woman to Complete Neurosurgery Residency at Baylor College of Medicine
Whether you call it Black girl magic, Black excellence or just pure grit, Dr. Venita Simpson has it! This past weekend she became the first Black woman to complete Neurosurgery residency at Baylor College of Medicine since the program began in 1956. While Simpson didn’t expect to make history, she has envisioned herself as a […]
Serena Williams Becomes Second Black Woman Tennis Player to Get a Wheaties Box
We’ve run out of words to describe how amazing Serena Williams is. Thankfully, her latest accomplishment speaks for itself. Today Williams revealed her own Wheaties box, following in the footsteps of Althea Gibson by becoming the second Black woman tennis player to cover the cereal known as “The Breakfast of Champions.” View this post on […]
Tennis Legend Arthur Ashe Gets Richmond, Virginia Street Renamed in His Honor
Trailblazing tennis player Arthur Ashe Jr. is being recognized by his hometown of Richmond, Virginia with a street renamed in his honor. Photo credit: Alexa Welch Edlund ESPN reports that thousands of people attended a ceremony this past Saturday to celebrate the renaming of Arthur Ashe Boulevard. Attendees included Congressman John Lewis of Georgia, former Richmond mayor […]
Tyler Perry’s Moving Speech During BET Awards
Last night’s BET Awards was a full on celebration of Black culture that acknowledged DC’s Chocolate City, The Exonerated Five, Mary J Blige, Nipsey Hussle and a host of other celebrities. But Tyler Perry’s speech while accepting his Ultimate Icon award, gave us our favorite moment of the night (next to Mary J Blige’s nostalgic […]
Billionaire Robert F. Smith Creates Internship Program for Underrepresented Youth
Less than a month after announcing his plans to pay off the student loan debt for Morehouse’s 2019 graduating class, billionaire entrepreneur Robert F. Smith has launched an internship program for ethnically underrepresented students, reports Essence. Smith, who is the CEO of Vista Equity Partners, started Intern X to connect rising sophomores with a 2.8 […]
She Just Made History as the First Black Editor-in-Chief of Law Review at Houston’s Oldest Law School
Kenesha Starling recently became the first Black Editor-in-Chief of the South Texas Law Review. Her historic achievement at Houston’s oldest law school has undoubtedly shattered a glass ceiling that has been in place since the school was established in 1923. “There is a lot of pressure that comes with being the first in anything because people […]
Sisters Who Started Cheesecake Business During the Government Shutdown are Headed to Walmart
Sisters Nikki Howard and Jaqui Wright made headlines this past January after they started a cheesecake business to help cover their expenses during the government furlough. Now they’ve quit their government jobs and their cakes are headed to Walmart this August. “We furloughed the government,” Wright told Because of Them We Can during a meet and […]
Google Didn’t Create a Doodle for Juneteenth So This Artist Took Matters Into His Own Hands
When artist Davian Chester, 26, woke up and realized that Google didn’t create a Google Doodle to celebrate Juneteenth, he decided to sketch his own version of what the image should’ve looked like. According to Google’s website: Doodles are the fun, surprising, and sometimes spontaneous changes that are made to the Google logo to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, […]
10 Juneteenth Stories That Prove We Are Our Ancestors’ Wildest Dreams
Juneteenth is a celebration of Freedom Day, a holiday that commemorates the last enslaved African Americans in the United States being declared free. This year, a few people have taken to social media to share personal stories of their ancestors and to highlight how not so long ago slavery was. The common thread amongst them all is the […]
Will Smith Invests in Financial Literacy App for Teens
Award-winning actor and artist Will Smith is expanding his influence beyond Hollywood with his most recent investment in the mobile-banking service app, Step. According to Black Enterprise, Step is an app that allows teens to easily send and receive money from family and friends without having to deal with the monthly fees, overdraft fees or […]