100-Year-Old Lester Wright Races To A Record-Breaking Finish In 100-Meter Dash
He set a new world record for his age group! 100-year-old Lester Wright raced to a record-breaking finish in the 100-meter dash at the 2022 Penn Relays, Asbury Park Press reports. Lester Wright was a high school track star at Long Branch High back in the 1930s. After school, he married his longtime love, Adele, and the two […]
Dusty Baker Makes History As First Black MLB Manager To Win 2,000 Games
He’s no stranger to making history! Dusty Baker has made history as the first Black Major League Baseball (MLB) manager to win 2,000 games, CNN reports. Baker got his start nearly 30 years ago, transitioning from a player to a manager and securing his first win on April 6, 1993, when the Giants secured a […]
Texas Student Becomes Her School’s First Black Valedictorian
She’s also the first in the school’s district! A Texas student is making history as the first Black valedictorian in her high school’s 20-year-history, CBS 19 reports. Trinity Asberry is a senior at Rusk High School in Rusk, Texas who has been working hard academically to graduate first in her class. Recently, Trinity found out […]
Legendary Rutgers Women’s Basketball Coach C. Vivian Stringer To Retire After 50-Year Career
She did it her way! Legendary Rutgers women’s basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer is set to retire after 50 seasons, ESPN reports. Stringer got her start over five decades ago, becoming the first basketball coach, men’s or women’s, to guide three different programs to the Final Four. She led HBCU Cheyney University to their first […]
Two-Time Cancer Survivor Marries For The First Time At 73
She said she has no regrets! A two-time cancer survivor married for the first time at the age of 73, People reports. Audrey Parker Green had always envisioned herself getting married and having children one day, four to be exact. But for the majority of her life, it just didn’t work out like that, and […]
Dr. Lakeysha Hallmon’s Village Market Partners With Atlanta BeltLine To Create Affordable Storefronts For Black-Owned Businesses
The Village Market continues to show how support is a verb! The last time we spoke to Dr. Lakeysha Hallmon, who founded The Village Market ATL in 2016, she was providing Atlanta Black-owned businesses with a direct pipeline to consumers, resources, and community partners through quarterly marketplaces. The location has since changed, but the mission […]
19-Year-Old Set To Make History As Youngest African American Law School Graduate
She started law school at the age of 16! A 19-year-old is set to become the youngest Southern Methodist University (SMU) Law graduate in the school’s nearly 100-year-history, SMU.edu reports. Haley Taylor Schlitz was in the 5th grade when her parents realized traditional schooling wasn’t going to work for her. She struggled for recognition as […]
Nike Unveils New Building Named In Honor Of Serena Williams
It’s been a long-time dream of hers! Nike has named a new building in honor of Serena Williams, CBS News reports. Nike recently announced a 1-million-square-foot building at their headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon named in honor of tennis phenom Serena Williams. The Serena Williams Building will be used to house the company’s design, insights and […]
First Black Man On White House Secret Service Is Finally Getting Justice From Ordeal 60 Years Ago
He’s maintained his innocence all of this time! The first Black man to serve on the White House’s Secret Service is finally getting justice after an ordeal that occurred 60 years ago, The Chicago Sun-Times reports. Abraham Bolden was a rising trailblazer in 1961 when he made history as the first Black Secret Service Agent […]
First Ever Black-Owned Minnesota Bank Opens In Minneapolis
It was a community effort! The first ever Black-owned Minnesota bank has opened in Minneapolis, MPR News reports. First Independence Bank is a Detroit-based financial institute and one of only a handful of Black-owned banks in the country. Recently, the company expanded outside of Michigan for the first time ever, opening a location in Minneapolis […]