This 12-Year-Old Has Given More Than 35,000 “Blessings Bags” To People In Need
And a child shall lead them! Before he’d hit his double-digits, Jahkil Jackson, 12, from the South Side of Chicago had already helped more people than some adults have in their lifetime. At 8-years old, Jackson created Project I Am, a non-profit dedicated to helping people in need. To date, they’ve given away more than […]
Texas Couple Prepares To Open First Black-Owned Brewery In Austin
Pouring up Black excellence! A Texas couple is preparing to open Austin’s first Black-owned Brewery, Eater reports. Shannon Harris and his wife Tiana are the co-owners of a newly budding business endeavor, Urban Jungle Brewing. The new brewery will focus not just on great spirits but also serve as a bakery, farm, and horse rescue, making history as […]
Honoring Athletes Who Used Their Platform To Protest Injustice
Liberation isn’t a one-person sport! Before Colin Kapernick bent a knee there were athletes leading the charge for racial justice. Today as the WNBA, NBA, and other athletes decide to strike for racial justice we recognize those who led the charge before them. Bill Russell In 1961, basketball great Bill Russell led a protest when […]
She Just Became The First Black Woman To Chair A Department At Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Is there a doctor in the house?! Dr. Namandje Bumpus is making history as the first Black woman to serve as department chair at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and currently the only Black woman in the U.S. to chair a pharmacology department, Diverse Education reports. She follows in the footsteps of other pioneering women in STEM […]
Meet Russell Ledet — The Hospital Security Guard Turned Doctor
Paging Dr. Ledet! A former hospital security guard returned to his old job recently, as a medical student, Bossip reports. Dr. Russell Ledet is a perfect example of hard work and dedication. After graduating high school, Ledet served in the Navy for two years before moving back to his native Louisiana to attend school at Southern University […]
Veteran Producer Alana Mayo Named New President of MGM’s Orion Pictures
There’s a new President in town! Veteran producer Alana Mayo has just been named the new President of MGM’s Orion Pictures, Deadline reports. Mayo is a veteran industry executive and producer. They previously served as Head of Production and Development for Michael B. Jordan’s studio Outlier Society. She oversaw a bevy of films via Warner Bros and several TV series via Amazon Studios, […]
HBO Documentary Explores Life of First Black Mayor of Stockton, CA
This is amazing! HBO recently released a documentary exploring the life of Michael Tubbs, the youngest mayor in America and the first Black mayor of Stockton, California. According to CNBC, Tubbs grew up in Stockton, born to a teen mom and an incarcerated father; he was just one year old when his mother received her high school […]
Amanda Jones and Nicole Byer Make History As First Black Women To Receive Emmy Nominations In Their Fields
Sisters are doin’ it for themselves! The 2020 Emmys are sure to be historic as composer Amanda Jones and comedian Nicole Byer become the first Black women to receive Emmy nominations in their respective fields. Amanda Jones burst onto the scene as a leading voice in the television sphere, composing scores for hit shows like, […]
19 Families Purchased Over 90 Acres of Land In GA To Create A City Safe For Black People
Cooperative economics at work! In Toomsboro, Georgia, a group of 19 Black families banded together to create what has the potential to be the next Black Wall Steet. Black people are resilient, we’ve had to be to thrive under systems that weren’t built for us. This resiliency has created innovative solutions to impossible problems such as racial […]
Master P Announces New Line Of Foods
Master P continues to expand his portfolio for the culture! Hip Hop icon Master P just announced the expansion of his Rap Snacks brand to include a new line of foods as Uncle Bens and Aunt Jemima are taken off the shelves, Black Enterprise reports. As a result of current racial unrest, corporations have been reckoning with […]