Dapper Dan Set To Make History As The First Black Designer To Receive CFDA’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Harlem stand up! Legendary streetwear icon Dapper Dan is set to make history as the first Black designer to receive the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s (CFDA) lifetime achievement award, Complex reports. Daniel Day, known as Dapper Dan, is a fashion designer who made a name for himself during the ’80s in NYC. He gained fame […]
The New ‘Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ Reboot Has Locked In Its Cast
Getting closer and closer to seeing it! According to The Hollywood Reporter, the new Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reboot has locked in its cast. Last year, we reported about the new reboot, Bel-Air, inspired by a 2019 viral YouTube video by Morgan Cooper, reimagining the hit 90’s sitcom as a drama series. Both Cooper and Fresh Prince star Will Smith signed […]
Watts Youth Football Team Goes Above and Beyond To Help Children In Underserved Communities
We need more of this! A Watts, Los Angeles youth football team is going above and beyond to help children in underserved communities, Today.com reports. The Watts Rams youth football team was started a decade ago by the city’s police department to strengthen ties with the community. Officer Zarren Thompson, a Watts police officer for over 25 years, serves […]
They Are Set To Make History As The First All-Black American Climbing Team To Summit On Mount Everest
They’re looking to make history! A group of climbers are set to make history as the first all Black American climbing team to summit on Mount Everest, Black Enterprise reports. Phil Henderson is a veteran Himalayan mountaineer and a former instructor at the National Outdoor Leadership School. Recently, he launched a project, the Full Circle […]
Ebony Twilley Martin Named First Black Co-Executive Director Of Greenpeace
Congratulations are in order! Ebony Twilley Martin was just named the first Black co-executive director of Greenpeace, NBC News reports. In 2008, when Martin’s son was just three years old, he was diagnosed with asthma. When asked how he had developed the respiratory condition, Martin’s pediatrician said, “Look around your neighborhood.” During that time, Martin lived with […]
Newark Artist Bisa Butler Is Using ‘Portrait Quilts’ To Tell Vivid Stories Of Blackness
Her work is stunning! Newark artist Bisa Butler is using her “portrait quilts” to tell a new story, CBS News reports. Butler is a former art teacher who is now being hailed as a modern day griot. Inspired by the dressmaking of her mother and grandmother, Butler began creating quilt art. Her vividly detailed portraits, […]
Renowned Photographer Dario Calmese Partners With Adobe To Design Lightroom Presets Catering To Darker Skin Tones
Finally! No more white-washed photos! Adobe partnered with renowned photographer Dario Calmese to design Lightroom presets that cater to darker skin tones. Calmese is an accomplished artist, director, brand consultant, and Parsons School of Design professor in New York City. He has used art to highlight and explore history, race, class, and human life throughout his career. […]
John Henry Sloan, A North Carolina WWII Veteran, Celebrated His 100th Birthday With His Wife By His Side
100 Years of love and lessons. A North Carolina World War II veteran, John Henry Sloan, just celebrated his 100th birthday, WWAY TV reports. Sloan is a World War II veteran who served on the front line, even driving in Italy to collect the dog tags of fallen soldiers. He said the best part about the war […]
He Made History As The First Black Male Valedictorian At His High School, Now He Is Telling His Story To Inspire Others
From Houston to Harvard! A Texas student who made history as the first Black male valedictorian at his high school is now headed to the Ivy Leagues and telling his story to inspire others, Fox 2 Houston reports. Da’Vion Tatum made history as the first Black male valedictorian at Westfield High School. He also received […]
‘A Black Lady Sketch Show’ Editors Make History As The First Women of Color Editing Team To Be Nominated, And Win, An Emmy
They’re pioneering a lane for more women of color! Editors for Robin Thede’s hit HBO show, “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” took home the show’s first Emmy during this weekend’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards for Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming. They won for their work on Season 2 Episode 3, “Sister, May I Call […]