Iowa Restaurant Owner Gives Hundreds of Free Meals To Residents Impacted By Storms
This is how you pay it forward! An Iowa restaurant owner is giving away hundreds of free meals to residents after the state was devastated by storms, Essence reports. Willie Fairley is the owner of Willie Ray’s Q Shack in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The area was recently ravaged by powerful derechos, leaving more than 800 buildings majorly damaged and […]
Meet The First Black Woman To Join Amazons Elite Leadership Team Known As The S-Team
A prime choice for leadership! E-commerce giant Amazon just named Alicia Boler Davis as the first Black woman to join the ranks of its senior team, Fast Company reports. Davis joined the company in 2019 and works as vice president of global customer fulfillment. The exec is making history as the fourth female and first Black member to […]
Chicago Teens Purchase And Transform Liquor Store Into Fresh Produce Pop-Up
Growing a healthy community! What started as healing circles for teens in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd has resulted in a pop-up market selling fresh produce on the west side of Chicago where a liquor store once stood. Teens from the By The Hand Kids Club, an after school program in the […]
Erik Moses Just Became The First Black Track President In NASCAR History
Racing into history! Erik Moses, a seasoned sports executive and venue management leader, has been named the president of Nashville Superspeedway, Dover Motorsports, Inc., officials announced Saturday. Moses, a University of North Carolina and Duke University Law graduate, served as the founding president of the XFL’s DC Defenders. He is the first Black man at any NASCAR […]
Netflix Taps Marley Dias To Lead Live-Action Book Series
More of this, please! Netflix recently announced a new family book series, hosted and executive produced by 15-year-old Marley Dias, creator of #1000BlackGirlBooks, The Grapevine reports. Dias is an author, activist, and founder of the #1000BlackGirlBooks campaign to offer more book titles to youth, which features Black girls as the main characters. Now the young scholar is partnering with Netflix as executive […]
Ida B. Wells And Other Black Suffragists Are Recognized On The 100th Year Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage
Legacy, legacy, legacy! It’s been a century since suffragists braved police batons and a global flu pandemic to request equal voting rights for all — unfortunately, not much has changed. Just as women demanded President Woodrow Wilson answer the question, “What will you do for woman’s suffrage,” Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) and white […]
Tennis Icon Venus Williams Announces New ‘EleVen’ Activewear Collection
Take our coins, sis! Tennis icon Venus Williams announced a new EleVen activewear collection, Hello Beautiful reports. Williams launched the brand in 2007, deriving the name from her personal motto that you can never settle for just being good. “I was inspired by being better than your best. Be an 11/10. I’ve always been driven by this motto – […]
Mariam Musa Becomes First Black British Influencer To Launch A Solo Collection With Top Fast Fashion Brand
Black girl magic is global! Meet Mariam Musa, the first Black British influencer to launch a solo collection with a top fast-fashion brand, Forbes reports. Musa is a popular beauty influencer who got her start nearly half a decade ago. She started like most girls, getting her interest in fashion and beauty as a way to just […]
Remembering Charlotta Bass, The First Black Woman To Run For VP In 1952
Standing on the shoulders of giants! In honor of Senator Kamala Harris’ Democratic nomination for vice president, we wanted to pay homage to the woman who paved the way, Charlotta Bass, the first Black woman to run for Vice President in 1952. Last week, Senator Kamala Harris was announced as presidential candidate Joe Biden’s running mate, […]
This Black Woman With More Than 200 Descendants Is Celebrating Her 116th Birthday As The Oldest Living American
What a blessing! The oldest living American with over 200 descendants just celebrated her 116th birthday, Blavity reports. Ms. Hester Ford is a South Carolina native who was born in 1904, making this her 116th year on earth. Ford was raised on a farm and picked cotton as a young girl, marrying her husband John […]