U.S.Postal Service Honors Gwen Ifill With Forever Stamp
She will be memorialized forever! The United States Postal Service plans to honor trailblazing journalist Gwen Ifill with a commemorative Forever stamp, PBS reports. The PBS NewsHour anchor’s stamp was unveiled today featuring a 2008 photo of Ifill by photographer Robert Severi with her name across the bottom and the words “BLACK HERITAGE” emblazoned on […]
Shaquille O’ Neal Donates Home To Family of 12-Year-Old Boy Paralyzed In Shooting
Helping someone in need is always in season! NBA Legend Shaquille O’Neal donated a home to the family of a 12-year-old boy who was paralyzed by a gunshot wound earlier this year, 11 Alive news reports. Isaiah Payton was leaving a high school football game with a friend when he was hit by a stray […]
Issa Rae Launches New Record Label In Partnership With Atlantic Records
Issa Rae is in competition with no one but herself! The HBO star recently announced the launch of her new record label, Raedio, a joint venture with Atlantic Records, reports Billboard. The new label is marketing itself as an “audio everywhere company,” focused on talent placement in film, TV, commercials, podcasts and more. The label […]
21 Year Old Hotel Employee Who Managed 90 Guests Alone During Tropical Storm Is Gifted New Car
This young man is so deserving. Satchel Smith, the hotel employee who manned a Texas Homewood Suites by himself during Tropical Storm Imelda, is being honored by the city, reports KFDM. Smith was the sole employee at the Beaumont, Texas hotel when flooding caused by a tropical storm caused road closures, leaving Smith and the […]
NBA Legend Michael Jordan Opens New Medical Clinic in North Carolina
Maybe the old adage is true, people really should want to be like Mike! NBA Superstar Michael Jordan just unveiled the first of two medical clinics he’s opening in Charlotte, North Carolina, CNN reports. Jordan was present this past week at the opening of the new Novant Health Michael Jordan Family Medical Clinic in Charlotte. […]
Meet Celeste Beatty, The First Black Woman To Own A Brewery In The U.S.
This is a definite game changer! Celeste Beatty, owner of the Harlem Brewing Company, is the first Black female brewery owner in the United States, Insider reports. Beatty founded Harlem Brewing in 2000, making her first batch of beer in her apartment using a home brew kit she received as a gift. She worked hard […]
Former NFL Player Surprises Single Mom With New Home
Former NFL Player Warrick Dunn just delivered his 173rd home to a single mother through his organization Warrick Dunn Charities, reports the Tampa Bay Times. The home was presented as part of Dunn’s “Home for the Holidays” initiative, which helps single parents realize their dream of homeownership. The last fully furnished home went to LaToya […]
Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings Has Joined the Ancestors
Another giant has joined the ancestors. Maryland congressman Elijah Cummings died on Thursday morning at John Hopkins Hospital, Fox 5 News reports. He was 68. Cummings entered the Maryland statehouse in 1983, blazing a trail that made him the first Black House speaker pro tem. He advocated for his constituents in Baltimore on the state level for […]
Meet the Woman Who’s Helping Women of Color Secure a Seat at the Table in Corporate America
As it stands, women make 80 cents to every dollar earned by men. But, for women of color, that gap is far larger with Black women earning 61 cents to their white male counterparts and Native American and Latina women earning 58 cents and 53 cents, respectively. Working to help address not only this wage […]
NYC Man Opens Harlem’s Very First Mobile Barber Shop
Linwood Dillard just created Harlem’s first mobile barber shop. The Harlem native decided to put his shop on wheels after his storefront rent spiked 143% in just 5 years. That’s when Dillard got the idea to fix up an old bus that was being used for dog grooming and turn it into a mobile barber […]