Susan Collins Will Be The First Black Woman To Lead A U.S. Central Bank
Its diversity and inclusion at the highest levels of government. Susan Collins is set to make history as the first Black woman to lead a United States central bank, Fortune reports. Collins is a New York native, the daughter of Jamaican parents and the wife of Harvard trained doctor, Donald R. Vereen Jr. She holds […]
Twitter Thread Of Black Men Smiling Is All The Joy You Need This Black History Month
The thread we didn’t know we needed! A Twitter thread of Black men smiling is all the joy you need this Black History month. Black Twitter is back at it again! This time, singer Durand Bernarr took to the popular social media app to sprinkle a little #BlackBoyJoy. “I wanna start a thread of seeing […]
Issa Rae Makes History As First Person To Receive The Key To The City Of Inglewood
Issa historic moment! Multi-hyphenate powerhouse Issa Rae has once again manifested her destiny. Rae’s 2010 tweet that said, “When I grow up, I want to be a more successful version of me,” went on to be a part of Twitter’s “Tweet It Into Existence” marketing campaign. Since tweeting those words into existence, the media mogul created the groundbreaking series Insecure, which […]
New Campaign Is Encouraging Black Men To Become Educators In Cleveland
Black male teachers matter! A new campaign is encouraging Black men to become educators in Cleveland, News 5 Cleveland reports. While diversity and inclusion is a hot topic nationally right now, some conversations have been going on longer than we’ve had the language to articulate the issue. Diversity in the classroom, particularly as it relates to […]
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 […]