Simone Biles Crowned Female Olympic Athlete of the Year
By the time she gets finished, there won’t be any awards left to give! Trailblazing gymnast Simone Biles was just named Female Olympic Athlete of the Year at the Team USA awards. The awards were recorded live in Los Angeles and presented by Dow. The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee announced the winners, acknowledging outstanding […]
Harriet Tubman Museum Set To Open Next Year In New Jersey
We can’t wait for this to open! A new museum is opening up in New Jersey next year, dedicated to honoring the life and legacy of freedom icon Harriet Tubman, ABC News reports. The Harriet Tubman Museum, located in Cape May, New Jersey, is being erected next to the historic Macedonia Baptist Church. Tubman worked […]
Ashley James Just Became Guggenheim Museum’s First Full-Time Black Curator
New York City’s famed Guggenheim Museum just hired Ashley James, it’s first full-time African American curator in the museum’s 60 year history, The New York Times reports. James’ new title is associate curator of contemporary art for the Guggenheim. She previously worked at the Brooklyn Museum as an assistant curator where she was an integral […]
Twitter User’s Throwback Photo Goes Viral Once People Realize Rosa Parks is in the Picture
You never know what gems the Internet is going to drop! Twitter user @lovechvn tweeted a throwback photo of himself as a baby sitting on an elderly woman’s lap, sending users into a frenzy once they realized the woman was legendary trailblazer, Rosa Parks. The photo, captioned “Lil Chan vs Big Chan,” featured a picture […]
3rd Grader Who Was Denied School Pictures For Having Red Hair Surprised With Photoshoot
Marian Scott, the 8-year-old who was denied her school pictures because of the red highlights in her hair, just received a free photo shoot that puts all of our school photos to shame. Last month, Marian, a 3rd grader at Paragon Charter Academy in Jackson, Michigan, was told she couldn’t take school pictures because of […]
Nike Names Banking CEO, Thasunda Brown Duckett, To Its Board of Directors
Nike Inc. just named Thasunda Brown Duckett, CEO of Chase Consumer Baking, to its board of directors. Chase Consumer Banking is the retail banking portion of JPMorgan Chase & Co where Duckett oversees $800 billion in deposits and investments and more than 50,000 employees. She broke the glass ceiling in 2016 when she became the […]
Owner of Historic Diner That Served As A Safe Haven For Civil Rights Leaders, Turns 107-Years-Old
This is what we call living history. Mrs. Leila Williams, owner of Atlanta’s historic “Leila’s Dinette,” turned 107 years old this week. Williams and her late husband Charlie opened “Leila’s Dinette” in the late 1940s. For over 40 years, people from all over flocked to Southwest Atlanta to taste her good food but more importantly, […]
This Artist Is Turning School Bathrooms Into A Place Of Peace And Empowerment
This is so dope! Visual artist Cierra Lynn is attempting to inspire and empower young people through bathroom stall murals. The Washington, DC native created the “Affirm It With Art” initiative, an empowerment beautification project that she takes into schools across the country, hand painting affirmations and imagery. Her initiative uses art as a way […]
Pixar Set to Release First Animation With A Lead Black Character
Time to reserve your spot at the theater! Pixar just released the trailer for “Soul,” its first Black lead animation, reports CNN. Soul is a film that centers around the meaning of life and death, much like Pixar’s Coco. Soul tells the story of a middle school band teacher whose real passion is playing jazz. […]
Tennessee Judge Holds Lawyer’s One-Year-Old Son As He Swears Her In
If this isn’t the cutest thing we’ve seen in forever! Judge Richard Dinkins, a Tennessee State judge, swore in new lawyer, Juliana Lamar, while bouncing her one year old baby on his hip. Lamar is a graduate of the Belmont University College of Law and a former clerk of Judge Dinkins in the Tennessee Court […]