Michelle Obama’s Memoir Sells More Than 725,000 Copies, ‘Becoming’ One Of The Year’s Biggest Debuts
Photo credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images On its first day of release, Michelle Obama’s “Becoming” sold over 725,000 copies. As a result, Mrs. Obama’s memoir is now the year’s highest single-day sales of any book published by the Penguin Random House and Barnes and Noble’s fastest-selling book of 2018. The Penguin Random House’s Crown Publishing Group has since increased […]
Cicely Tyson Officially Becomes The First Black Woman To Receive Honorary Oscar
Photo credit: Robyn Beck/ Getty Images The legendary Cicely Tyson made history at the 10th annual Governors Awards on Sunday when she became the first Black woman to receive an Oscar in the honorary award category. Tyson’s long overdue Oscar comes over four decades after she received her first and only nomination for “Sounder” in 1972. With Tyson paving […]
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25-Year-Old Makes History As First African American Woman Officer In Local New York Police Department
Photo credit : Meghan Finnerty Tiffani Gatson of Greece, New York has just made history as her city’s first ever African American woman police officer. At just 25 years old, Gatson tells the Democrat & Chronicle that she can’t believe she’s making history with her new position. “It’s a good feeling,” she says, “it’s a positive […]
This Woman Created a Market for Small Black Businesses in Atlanta to Thrive
All photos via: Lakeysha Hallmon For Dr. Lakeysha Hallmon, an educator and social entrepreneur, “the village represents the magnitude and impact of what comes when we collectively join together to pour into our community and pull each other up as we climb.” With that in mind, Hallmon, a Mississippi native and Tougaloo College graduate, started […]
Watch Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey Give These High School Girls A Surprise Of A Lifetime
Photo credit: Chuck Kennedy Imagine getting a surprise visit from Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey – at the same time. That’s exactly what happened to a group of 30 high school girls back in September when they were invited to the Hearst Tower in New York, where the headquarters of “O, The Oprah Magazine” is located. […]
Harvard’s Student Newspaper Elects Its First Black Woman President
Photo credit: Amy Y. Li For the first time in its 145-year history, the Harvard Crimson has elected a Black woman to serve as its president. Her name is Kristine E. Guillaume. The Harvard junior is currently one of the three Chairs of The Crimson’s Diversity and Inclusivity committee and a reporter for The Crimson’s Central Administration. […]
The Story Of Wall Street Trailblazer Lauren Simmons Is Coming To The Big Screen
Photo credit: Richard Drew/AP Do you remember Lauren Simmons? She is the 23-year-old who became the youngest woman to earn a highly coveted trader role on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in 2017. Now her historically poignant life path will be brought to life by AGC Studios, who recently acquired the rights […]
C. Vivian Stringer Makes History With 1,000th Coaching Win
Photo credit: AP Photo/Bill Kostroun Rutgers Women’s Basketball Head Coach, C. Vivian Stringer, just added her name to the history books by becoming the first African American college basketball coach to win 1,000 games. The historic accomplishment happened on Tuesday night when the Scarlet Knights defeated Central Connecticut State 73-44. “Let me tell you something, sometimes people ask how […]