Easy-to-Make Costumes Based on Black Historical Figures
It’s that time of year again when we use Halloween as an opportunity to help our littles one reimagine themselves. With so many costume ideas to choose from, we’re always left asking ourselves one question: What should I be for Halloween? If you’re a parent, you’ll be wondering the same for your little one(s)! But […]
This Month In Black History: Important Things That Happened In October That You Never Learned
Let’s brush up on our history! It’s officially fall and there is so much to celebrate. October brings about many changes as we prepare for autumn, winter holidays, and the end of another year. October is also full of important historic milestones that we think you should know! Black history is an everyday occurrence, and […]
Megan Thee Stallion Encourages Fans To Check On Mental Health With New Resource Hub
Real hot girl resources!! Rapper Megan Thee Stallion is encouraging her fans to check on their mental health with a new resource hub, NBC News reports. Megan recently released her second album, “Traumazine,” one that she calls her most personal body of work yet. With songs like “Anxiety,” she addresses her own battles with mental health, rapping […]
American Sirens: Meet the Black Men Who Became America’s First Paramedics
The Freedom House Ambulance Service saved 200 lives in the first year alone! Founded in 1967, the Freedom House Ambulance Service became the first community-based emergency service with trained paramedics, and most of its staff were African-American. It delivered care to the Hill District, Oakland, and Downtown Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh’s largest African-American neighborhood, the Hill District, suffered most acutely from […]
Here’s 8 Times A Black Person Made History In 2022
Every day is a new opportunity to make history! While we aren’t strangers to Black excellence here at Because of Them We Can, we still get excited every time we see a Black person make history. As a result of centuries of systemic oppression, our accomplishments have not always been recorded in the history books; at […]
Meet Valerie Thomas, The NASA Scientist Who Made 3-D Movies Possible
Her passion led to a monumental technological invention! Meet Valerie Thomas, the NASA scientist who made 3-D movies possible, The Black Wall Street Times reports. Valerie Lavern Thomas is a native of Baltimore, Maryland who discovered her passion for technology early. As a young girl, she was fascinated by the mechanical parts she saw inside the television […]
Representation Matters: 4 Kid-Friendly YouTube Channels To Make Learning Fun For Black Children
Be prepared to binge these YouTube shows with your little one! YouTube has become the new craze for kids, offering many creative and catchy educational shows for school-age children. Whether you’re watching Black creators like Tabitha Brown on Tab Time or Monica J. Sutton who brought children a sense of normalcy during the pandemic with “circle time,” there are […]
This Battle of the Sexes Gender Reveal Will Be The Cutest Thing You’ve Seen All Week
These days, there’s only one right way to do a gender reveal: over the top! Take this Atlanta couple’s HBCU-inspired one for example; the AUC couple found it important to instill HBCU pride early and found out mom is giving birth to a fellow Spelmanite! Today, we have a family of six who’s wondering the same question as every other family […]
A Roller Rink For The Roller Sets: The CURLFEST Just Had a Skating Event In Brooklyn For The Naturalistas
If you like to rock a roller set, you were invited to the roller rink! The women putting Black beauty on the highest pedestal recently stepped back on the scene with the hosting of a local skating event in Brooklyn, TheGrio reports. In 2010, Black women of a natural hair email group decided to plan a meet […]
Buffalo Unveils New Historic Monument Honoring Black Service Members
It’s the first in the nation honoring Black veterans in all five branches of the military! Buffalo, New York has unveiled a new historic monument honoring Black service members, NBC News reports. The African American Veterans Monument was just unveiled in Buffalo, New York. In the works since 2014, the project was first commissioned by the Erie […]