50 Photos to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
July 2, 2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. To celebrate, we have included 50 of some of our favorite photographs and quotes from the Because of Them We Can campaign that showcase individuals and groups that were influential before and after the Act…. Because of Them, We Can!
28 Days, 28 Photos – Celebrating Black History Month 2015
To celebrate two years since launching the Because of Them We Can™ campaign, we are launching a new set of “28 days, 28 photos” to Celebrate Black History Month and Connect a New Generation to Heroes, Past and Present, Who Have Paved the Way! Like Because of Them We Can by Eunique Jones to tune […]
#WCW: The Black Women Who Made History This Election Season
Ayanna Pressley/ AP Photo Black girl magic was in full effect on Tuesday’s election night. In addition to over 100 women being elected to the United States House of Representatives for the first time ever, here are the trailblazing Black women who made history during the 2018 midterm elections. 1. Jahana Hayes became the first […]
Grab A Tissue And Watch These Third Graders Give Their School Custodian A Sweet Surprise
Photo via ABC When Eugene Hilton, a custodian at Moody Elementary School in Moody, Alabama, went to work on October 2, he had no idea that there was a sweet surprise in store for him. Under the impression that a “student had an accident” in the gym, Hilton instead walked into a room full of […]
Fifth Grader Dresses As James Shaw Jr., Then Gets A Surprise Visit From The Waffle House Hero Himself
Photos via: Brittany Thomas/ Facebook For Superhero Day at his school, fifth grader Tayir Thomas decided to honor a real-life hero by the name of James Shaw Jr., who saved several lives back in April when he disarmed a man that opened fire at a Tennessee Waffle House. “I showed him the news footage […]
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Six future nurses in the nursing program at Lincoln University of Pennsylvania.
Ethiopia Just Elected The First Woman President In Its Modern History
Photo credit: Eduardo Soteras/AFP/Getty Images The Ethiopian parliament just made a historic decision to elect Sahle-Work Zewde as its head of state, making Zewde the country’s first woman president in modern history. Ethiopia’s very first woman head of state was Empress Zewditu, who served in the role from 1916 to 1930. Zewde’s appointment comes a […]
This young woman passed the bar after enduring one of life’s hardest obstacles
“I’m officially an ATTORNEY! I passed the Tennessee Bar Exam!! I wish my mom was here to see this, but I know she’s smiling down. My mind was telling me that I was too depressed, over the death of my mom, to pass this exam, but God met me right where I was- in the […]
Dr. Olivette Otele Becomes The UK’s First Black Woman History Professor
Bath Spa University recently named historian Dr. Olivette Otele as the university’s first Black woman professor of history at their Newton Park on Duchy of Cornwall campus. The appointment also makes Dr. Otele the country’s first Black woman history professor. Cameroon-born Otele attended school in France at the Universite La Sorbonne in Paris where she […]
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Look at the beautiful and talented ladies of Marvel’s Luke Cage!