First Black Miss Mississippi USA Makes History Again After Being Crowned Miss USA 2020
A Black woman takes the title – again! After months of delays due to the pandemic, The Miss Universe pageant named a winner last night. Asya Danielle Branch, the first Black woman to represent Mississippi in the Miss USA competition, was crowned the winner. She will continue on to compete in the Miss Universe pageant. […]
Small Black-Owned Businesses To Support In Atlanta, Detroit, Philadelphia, and Milwaukee
Supporting our own! We owe a debt of gratitude for all the hard work put in by Black people across the country to exercise their right to vote at the polls and by mail. Black people showed up in historic numbers and helped change the outcome of our country for years to come, especially in […]
Meet The Black Woman Just Named Co-Chair To President-Elect Joe Biden’s COVID-19 Taskforce
Today, President-Elect Biden and Vice President-Elect Harris announced their advisory council to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic with some of the nation’s leading doctors and scientists. At the helm is Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith with her co-chairs Dr. David Kessler and Dr. Vivek Murthy. “Dealing with the coronavirus pandemic is one of the most important battles our administration will […]
12-Year-Old Makes History As One of the Youngest Composers for NY Philharmonic
Perfectly splendid! A 12-year-old is making history as one of the youngest composers for the New York Philharmonic, Pix11 reports. Grace Moore is a seventh grade student at Poly Prep in Dyker Heights, a small neighborhood in Brooklyn. Moore is a member of the New York Philharmonic’s Very Young Composers program, an after school program […]
Blue Ivy Narrates “Hair Love” Audiobook
When she was five-years-old Blue Ivy said she had never seen a ceiling in her whole life, and she continues to prove it! The 8-year-old daughter of Jay-Z and Beyonce has added another credit to her growing resume, narrating the audiobook for Matthew Cherry’s, “Hair Love.” The “Hair Love” book , which was illustrated by […]
Meet Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock, The First Black Woman To Win A Gold Medal In The Physics News Awards
Congratulations are in order! Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock just made history as the first Black woman to win a gold medal in the Physics News awards, the Institute of Physics reports. Aderin-Pocock is an accomplished science communicator and space scientist with a career spanning nearly two decades. She has worked with hundreds of thousands of children, […]
Meet Stacey Abrams The Political Powerhouse Turning Red States Blue
Give Stacey her flowers! Stacey Abrams has always been a star. She made her debut to the world in Wisconsin on December 9, 1973, and was raised in Gulfport, Mississippi. Abrams’ mother is a retired librarian; her father, a former shipyard worker who reared her and her five siblings in a tight-knit religious home. When […]
HBCU Grad Senator Kamala Harris Set To Make History As First Black, Indian American Vice President
Introducing Madam Vice President Harris! Senator Kamala Harris has had many accomplishments under her name, but becoming the next Vice President of the United States is one we won’t ever forget. She’s been a champion throughout the campaign season, working alongside President-Elect Biden. Now, she is the first Black and Indian American to be named Vice […]
23-Year-Old Mississippi Man Makes History As Youngest Black Person To Be Certified As Boeing 777 Pilot
Making history in the friendly skies! A 23-year-old Mississippi man just made history as the youngest Black person to be certified as a Boeing 777 pilot, Blavity reports. Malik Sinegal has been dreaming of becoming a pilot since forever, and not just the pilot of any plane, the pilot of a Boeing 777, the world’s largest […]
11-Year-Old Designed And Made Dress For Her and Her Sister To Wear To Their Mother’s College Graduation
Introducing – The House of Holli! An 11-year-old from Stone Mountain, Georgia is creating haute couture designs for herself and her family. During the quarantine, Holli Morgan went viral after her initiative to sew hundreds of masks for homeless people in her area made the news, now she’s taking her talents to another level. Because Of Them We […]