Black Love: One Of The Last Surviving Tuskegee Airmen And His Wife Celebrate 70 Years Of Marriage
Photo credit: Denise Sanders Lemuel “Arthur” Lewie Jr., one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, and his wife Reva Goodwin Lewie, a retired arts educator, just celebrated a beautiful milestone over the weekend – 70 years of marriage. On August 28, 1948, the couple eloped and got married in a South Carolina courthouse. Now, seven decades later, Arthur, […]
NASA Pioneer Katherine Johnson Attends Unveiling Ceremony Of Her Own Statue At Alma Mater
Photo credit: F. Brian Ferguson/Gazette-Mail On Saturday, a day before her 100th birthday, NASA pioneer Katherine Johnson returned to her alma mater of West Virginia State University (WVSU) for the special unveiling of a bronze statue in her honor. Photo credit: F. Brian Ferguson/Gazette-Mail Johnson, a native of White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, started her […]
10-Year-Old Musical Prodigy Honors Aretha Franklin With A Violin Rendition Of ‘Natural Woman’
Photo via: Leah Flynn/ FB In the aftermath of Aretha Franklin’s death, a number of artists are honoring her by covering many of her timeless hits. Ten-year-old violin prodigy, Leah Flynn, recently took to YouTube to show her appreciation for Franklin’s music with a soulful violin solo rendition of “(You Make Me Feel Like) A […]
Meet The 13-Year-Old ‘MasterChef Junior’ Winner Who Is Now Redesigning The Menu At Great Wolf Lodge Resorts
Photo credit: Adam Rose/Fox Broadcasting Co Jasmine Stewart, who won season 5 of “MasterChef Junior,” is already on her way to being a well-respected name in the culinary space. At just 13 years old, she has been tapped to redesign the kid’s menu at Great Wolf Lodge Resorts, reports Black Enterprise. Stewart was selected among […]
A Daughter Loses Over 50 Pounds To Donate A Life-Saving Kidney To Her Dad
Photo via: FOX 5 Atlanta A daughter’s love for her father has no bounds or limits – here’s proof. In December of 2016, Dawn Muhammad went on a secret weight loss journey to become a kidney donor for her father Lucious Daniels, who was diagnosed with stage five kidney failure in August of the same year. Muhammad […]
Howard University Student And Siblings Set To Compete In 2020 Summer Olympics
Photo credit: Tom Maguire/ The Sun Chronicle Howard University senior, Latroya Pina, is gearing up to compete in the 2020 Summer Olympic Games on the first-ever Cape Verde National Swim Team in Tokyo, Japan. Pina and her siblings, Troy and Jayla, will all compete on the inaugural swim team and make history as a family […]
The Real Women Behind ‘Hidden Figures’ Receive Congressional Gold Medal Nomination
Thanks to the film “Hidden Figures,” NASA pioneers Katherine Johnson, Dr. Christine Darden, and the late Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughan are continuing to receive overdue recognition for the groundbreaking work they did in the STEM field. Recently, the Black woman leaders were nominated for a Congressional Gold Medal, reports KTVA. This award, which is considered […]
Regina Scott Becomes LAPD’s First African American Woman Promoted To Deputy Chief
Photo via: KTLA 5 Long-time Los Angeles Police Department member, Regina Scott, has just made history by becoming the department’s first African-American woman to be promoted to Deputy Chief, reports NBC Los Angeles. Scott, who is an army veteran, joined the LAPD in July 1987 as the Commander Officer of Information Technology Bureau. At that […]
The First Black Woman Journalist To Get White House Credentials Is Getting Her Own Life-Size Statue
Alice Dunnigan: University of Georgia Press A life-size statue in honor of Alice Allison Dunnigan will be unveiled next month at Washington, D.C.’s Newseum, a non-profit interactive museum dedicated to preserving the history of American journalism. In 1948, Dunnigan became the first Black woman to receive press credentials to cover the White House during […]
Come September, Wakanda Will Be Just A Click Away As ‘Black Panther’ Comes To Netflix
Photo via: Marvel Studios Since Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther” hit theaters back in February, it has passed the $700 million mark domestically, crossed the $1 billion mark globally, and became a cultural phenomenon. Now, Netflix users can make a trip to Wakanda whenever they want, as the record-breaking film will be available on the streaming service starting September 4. With Disney launching […]