Ayesha and Stephen Curry Have A New Bus That’s Feeding & Teaching Children In Oakland
It’s the real magic school bus! Ayesha and Stephen Curry have a new bus that’s feeding and teaching children in Oakland, California, NBC News reports. The Currys are back at it again, this time debuting a new Eat.Learn.Play. Bus that will teach, feed and engage youth around Oakland’s under-resourced communities. Their Eat.Learn.Play foundation has previously […]
School Is Back In Session And These Are Some Of Our Favorite First Day Of School Photos
Back to school is here! Labor Day has passed, which means most students are back in the classroom, virtually and in person. This is one of our favorite times of the year when social media is flowing with back-to-school photos for students from elementary school to college. Here are some of our favorite pictures from […]
Recent College Graduate Creates New ‘BraidAid’ Precision Tool For Hair Stylists
She’s got a brilliant design! A recent Mercer College graduate has created a new “BraidAid” precision tool for hair stylists, The Den reports. Amber Byrd is the creator of BraidAid, a new hair tool assisting hair stylists with creating precise parting. The product is the first under Byrd’s AB Glitz brand. In high school, she started her […]
Reality TV Show ‘Big Brother’ Had An All-Black Final 6, “The Cookout,” For The First Time In It’s History
This is hilariously epic! For the first time in its 20+ year history, popular reality TV show Big Brother has an all-Black final 6, Screen Rant reports. Season 23 of Big Brother, dubbed BB23, is well underway and fans cannot get enough. Viewers have long complained that Big Brother needed major cast changes to be […]
South African Born Frontline Worker And Refugee Makes History As The First Black Miss Ireland In 70 Years
She persevered and rightfully won her crown! A former direct provision resident and frontline worker just made history as the first Black Miss Ireland, the Irish Independent News reports. Pamela Uba’s family moved from South Africa to Ireland when she was just seven years old. When they arrived, they were immediately put into direct provision, […]
Historic Gravestones Of Black People Wrongly Dumped In Potomac River Are Now Being Relocated To Final Resting Place
Now they can finally rest in peace! Historic gravestones which were wrongly dumped in the Potomac River are now being relocated to their final resting place, NBC Washington reports. In 1859 The Columbian Harmony Cemetery was created, becoming a popular burial site for Black people in Washington, D.C. During the 1960s, the cemetery was moved to give […]
Remembering Prolific Actor Michael K. Williams, A Giant Among Men
He was one of one! This past weekend, news broke that iconic actor Michael K. Williams passed at his home in Brooklyn. While the cause has yet to be determined, the news of the beloved actor’s sudden passing left so many mourning with Williams’ friends, peers and fans sharing their love for him. The 54-year-old East […]
Brooklyn Couple Find Love Together After Nearly 50 Years Of Friendship
Spread love; it’s the Brooklyn way! A Brooklyn couple found love after 50 and are sharing their story to inspire others, Essence reports. Gina Keller, 53, and her fiancé Steve Brown, 54, first met when they were just children. Keller was six and Brown was seven, and the two were raised in the same Brooklyn neighborhood, only […]
NFL Player Leonard Fournette Donates $100K To Hurricane Ida Relief Efforts
He’s doing what he wishes someone would’ve done for him! NFL player Leonard Fournette donated $100,000 to Hurricane Ida relief efforts, Black Enterprise reports. Fournette is a New Orleans native who was just 10 years old when Hurricane Katrina devastated his neighborhood. The storm caused him and his family to flee the city to an elevated stretch […]
The World’s Largest Digitized Collection of Freedmen’s Bureau Is Now Available On Ancestry.com
This is going to allow many Black families to trace their roots! The world’s most extensive digitized collection of Freedmen’s Bureau records is now available on Ancestry.com, The Grio reports. More than 3.5 million Freedmen’s Bureau and Freedman’s Bank records have now been added to Ancestry.com. The collection is the largest digitized and searchable collection of Freedmen’s Bureau records. […]