Alabama Barber Sends 100 Kids Back To School With Free Haircuts And Backpacks
Photo credit: WBRC For the third year, Robert Banks, sent kids in his community back to school with free haircuts and backpacks. Banks, the manager at the Perfect Line Barber Shop in Ensley, Alabama, used his own money to fund a back to school event that provided 100 kids with free hair haircuts and backpacks filled with school supplies. “Their appearance matters,” Banks […]
Here’s The Incredible Family Behind The First Black-Owned Furniture Brokerage
Photo via: Brandon Townsend When Brandon and Naima Townsend purchased their first home, their search for “high-end designer furniture at factory direct prices” soon proved to be a challenging feat. After connecting with some furniture manufacturers and furnishing their home at 70% off of advertised retail prices, the Townsends developed a business opportunity that has […]
Michelle Obama Gears Up For ‘Week of Action’ National Voter Registration Drive
Photo credit: Johnathon Bachman/Getty Images Michelle Obama recently announced, via YouTube, that she will be going on a tour to encourage people to register to vote and also gave an “all call” to anyone interested in volunteering and or hosting an event to support the tour. She’ll be touring September 22-29 for a “week of […]
Award-Winning Journalist Tamron Hall Is Returning To Daytime TV And Bringing All Her Black Girl Magic With Her
Photo via: Getty Images Award-winning journalist, Tamron Hall, is making her way back to daytime television- this time with her very own show. Hall has signed a deal with Disney-ABC to develop a syndicated daytime talk show, reports Deadline. In a statement, she explained that the show will be “unconventional, fun, intimate and sometimes even raw.” “My new […]
Walmart Cashier’s Random Act Of Kindness Towards Woman With Cerebral Palsy Will Absolutely Touch Your Heart
Photo via: Tasia Smith When Angela Peters, who has cerebral palsy, made a recent visit to Da-Vi Nails inside of a Walmart in Burton, Michigan, she was denied service because “she moves too much,” Tasia Smith, who works at the store’s Subway, shared in a Facebook post. So what did Ebony Harris do? The Walmart cashier offered […]
Ferguson Councilman Wesley Bell Unseats Longtime St. Louis County Prosecutor In Historic Win
Photo credit: Whitney Curtis/The New York Times On Tuesday, Missouri voters elected Ferguson City Councilman Wesley Bell as St. Louis County’s next prosecuting attorney during its Democratic primary election. After defeating 27-year veteran to the office, Bob McCulloch, Bell is set to become the first African American prosecuting attorney to serve in St. Louis County. […]
For The First Time In History, Harvard Has Four Black Women Faculty Deans
All photos via: The Harvard Crimson For the first time in Harvard University’s history, four of its schools are led by Black women, reports The Harvard Crimson. In August 2018, Professor Claudine Gay became the latest string of Black women to be appointed to dean positions at the university. Her role as dean of the Faculty […]
William Gross Officially Sworn In As Boston’s First Black Police Commissioner
Photo credit: Erin Clark William Gross officially became Boston’s first Black police commissioner when he was sworn in on Monday by Mayor Martin J. Walsh at Morning Star Baptist Church-where Gross’ mother has been attending since he first became a Boston police cadet in the 1980’s. Gross has been with the Boston police department for 33 […]
Here’s Beyoncé’s History-Making Vogue Cover, It’s The First Shot By A Black Photographer
Photo credit: Tyler Mitchell After Beyoncé was given full creative control over Vogue’s coveted September issue, she reached back and opened the door for a young Black creative to make his mark on the magazine’s biggest issue of the year. As first reported last week, the singer hired 23-year-old Tyler Mitchell to shoot her cover. Mitchell is […]
Randy Moss Honors Victims Of Police Brutality With A Powerful Fashion Statement At His Hall Of Fame Ceremony
Photo credit: Joe Robbins/Getty Images Over the weekend, record-setting former NFL wide receiver Randy Moss attended his NFL Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony wearing a tie that made much more than simply a fashion statement. The tie was carefully embroidered with over 10 names of unarmed African Americans who lost their lives at the hands of law enforcement or […]