After Beating Leukemia, This 11-Year-Old Violinist Played The National Anthem At Hurricanes Game
Photo via: ABC 11 Last month, 11-year-old violinist Tyler Butler-Figueroa, a cancer survivor, played the national anthem at the Carolina Hurricanes game during its Hockey Fights Cancer night. Diagnosed with leukemia at the age of 4, Tyler underwent chemotherapy treatment for three years and has been in remission for nearly four. Tyler is in the house! […]
Tristan Walker’s Beauty Company Joins Forces With Procter & Gamble ‘To Better Serve Consumers Of Color Around The World’
In December of 2013, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Tristan Walker launched Walker & Company Brands, a health and beauty company for people of color. Now, just five years later, consumer products giant Procter & Gamble has acquired Walker’s company to “better serve consumers of color around the world.” While the amount of the deal has not yet been disclosed, Fast Company […]
Michelle Obama Surprises Young Men From Wayne State University At The Motown Museum
Photo credit: AP Photo/Paul Sancya Michelle Obama loves to drop in on students to inspire them to reach higher, even while on her “Becoming” book tour. On Tuesday, Mrs. Obama surprised a group of Wayne State University students at the Motown Museum in Detroit, where they were gathered together to discuss education. As you can […]
Janelle Monáe To Play Dorothy Pitman Hughes In Biopic About Gloria Steinem
Photo credit: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images After bringing NASA’s first Black woman engineer Mary Jackson to life in Oscar nominated “Hidden Figures”, Janelle Monáe is preparing to play another significant Black woman in history -women’s and civil rights activist Dorothy Pitman Hughes. Photo credit: Dan Wynn As reported by The Hollywood Reporter on Monday, the 33-year-old artist-activist will be playing Hughes in […]
Simone Biles Is The Most Dominant Athlete Of 2018
Photo via: ESPN It’s been quite a year for Olympic champion gymnast Simone Biles. Upon returning to competition after taking 23 months off from competing, she made history as the first woman to ever win five national all-around titles. Then she blazed another trail by becoming the first woman to win four world all-around titles. Did we mention […]
The Cast of ‘A Different World’ Partners With Ford To Give Texas HBCU $100,000
The cast of ‘A Different World’ is continuing to make an impact in the HBCU community. Recently, Jasmine Guy (Whitley), Kadeem Hardison (Dwayne), Cree Summer (Freddie) and Darryl Bell (Ron) paid a visit to Southwestern Christian College (SWCC) in Terrell, Texas to announce the school as the winner of Ford’s Ultimate Homecoming Takeover. With this […]
Comedian Kevin Fredericks’ Reaction To His Son’s Fresh Haircut Will Bring You Pure Joy
Photo via: @kevonstage/Instagram Most parents are their kids’ biggest fans, so when father and comedian Kevin Fredericks’ son got a fresh haircut he couldn’t help but to take a moment to give him an extra boost of confidence. Fredericks captured the sweet moment of him hyping his son up on video and let’s just say it’ll […]
The Arkansas National Guard Welcomes First Black Woman Colonel
Photo credit: Mitchell PE Masilun Erica Ingram has been promoted to Colonel in the Arkansas National Guard, making her the first Black woman to be promoted to the title in the 214-year history of the guard. Her promotion was the culmination of a long process, which included obtaining approvals from the Secretary of the Army, […]
Black Excellence: The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy For Girls Hosts Its 7th Graduation Ceremony
Photo credit: Harpo Studios It was a celebration at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls (OWLAG) on Saturday, December 1, when they held their seventh graduation ceremony. Filmmaker Tyler Perry served as the commencement speaker, telling the 58 graduates during his address: “Before the ceremony this morning, I spoke to Ms. Winfrey and asked her how she […]
Ricky Williams And Other Former NFL Players Form The ‘Freedom Football League’
With the Alternative professional football leagues, including the XFL and Alliance of American Football (AAF) rise in popularity, former NFL player, Ricky Williams, recently announced the creation of a new professional league composed primarily of former NFL players called the “Freedom Football League.” The mission statement of the new league is “to attract football […]