Teen Creates Online Series To Offer An Alternative To Traditional Black History Curriculum
She’s being the change she needs to see! A North Carolina teen created an online series to offer an alternative to traditional Black history curriculum, Blavity reports. Alyssa Rambert is a senior at D.H. Conley High School in Greenville, North Carolina. In middle school, she first realized the gaps in her Black history curriculum, seeking […]
Husband-Wife Duo Are Continuing Their Six Decade Legacy of Educating Black Children With Afro Kids TV
They’ve taught more than half a million Black families over the years. A veteran Hollywood husband-wife duo continues their six-decade legacy of educating Black children with Afro Kids TV, AfroTech reports. Leo Sullivan, a veteran Hollywood animator, producer, and director, has been working with his wife Ethelyn O. Stewart to educate Black families for the last sixty years. […]
Partially Deaf Teen Prodigy Has Released His First Portrait Book And NFT
He’s sharing his gift with the world! Tyler Gordon is a 15-year-old self-taught artist who went viral last year for his portrait depicting then-Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. At the time, Harris called Gordon to thank him for the painting, saying she was “overwhelmed with just the magnificence of [his] artistry.” “You really have a gift, my […]
Historic Unsung Activist, Pauli Murray, Is Getting Their Roses In New Documentary From ‘RBG’ Filmmakers
They were truly ahead of their time! A new documentary from RBG filmmakers explores the life of historic little-known activist Pauli Murray, Deadline reports. Murray was raised in Durham, North Carolina, in 1910; growing up in the Jim Crow South to a family of Black, Native American, and European heritage. At a young age, Murray showed signs of extraordinary intellectual […]
Barbados Elects The First Black Woman President After Severing Ties With The British Monarchy
Let freedom ring! Barbados just named a Black woman as its first president after severing ties with the British Monarchy Travel Noire reports. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley nominated Dame Sandra Mason to be Barbados’ first president as an independent republic during August’s live address to the nation. The historic election came after a joint session of the House […]
Morgan State University Receives Largest Private Donation In School’s History To Help Revive Wrestling Program
They are now the only HBCU to offer division 1 wrestling! Morgan State University (MSU) just received the largest private donation in the school’s history to help revive its wrestling program, Black Enterprise reports. The HBCU has a rich wrestling history, with MSU dominating the world of college wrestling in the 1960s and winning Central Intercollegiate Athletic […]
Dawn Staley Makes History As The Highest-Paid Black Head Coach In Women’s Basketball
Glass ceiling broken! Dawn Staley has become the highest-paid Black head coach for women’s basketball after signing a $22.4 million contract with the University of South Carolina Gamecocks, according to the university. Last Friday, the South Carolina Board of Trustees approved a new seven-year contract extension, making Staley the highest-paid Black coach in women’s basketball […]
Dawn Staley Makes History As The Highest-Paid Black Head Coach In Women’s Basketball
Glass ceiling broken!Dawn Staley has become the highest-paid Black head coach for women’s basketball after signing a $22.4 million contract with the University of South Carolina Gamecocks. Last Friday, the South Carolina Board of Trustees approved a new seven-year contract extension, making Staley the highest-paid Black coach in women’s basketball and one of the country’s […]
Meet The Founder Of Black Girls Golf, An Organization Looking To Make The Game More Inclusive
She’s bringing more Black excellence to the green! Meet Tiffany Fitzgerald, the founder of a Black golfing organization looking to make the game more inclusive, The Story Exchange reports. Fitzgerald was working in marketing at a company in Iowa when she first got the idea to start golfing. “I had my head down, I was there early, […]
Donnie Simpson Announces The Return Of ‘Video Soul,’ 25 Years After It Went Off Air
He’s a legendary music journalist! Donnie Simpson recently announced the return of Video Soul 25 years after the show went off the air, The Grio reports. Video Soul was a hit Black music program that aired on BET in 1981, the year the network was launched. Donnie Simpson, a popular radio host in the Detroit and Washington, D.C. areas, served […]