After Losing Both Parents In College, This 23-Year-Old Launched A Luxury Shoe Business That’s Inspiring Thousands
Photo credit: Jenn Terrell Photography In December 2015, Eric Jones came up with the idea to launch his luxury shoe business LFLS Shoes while still a student at the University of Arkansas. His concept for the company was inspired by his humble upbringing in Helena-West Helena, Arkansas where he saw his mother struggle to make […]
This 11-Year-Old Created A Sidewalk Chalk Masterpiece That Will Leave You Saying ‘Wow’
Photo via: Kelly Crisler Amiah Crisler brought her artistic skills and Black girl magic to the Syracuse News Times 28th Annual Street Painting Festival. While there, the 11-year-old drew an impressive abstract picture of a dog for the festival’s street painting competition and took home first place for her age group, as well as the people’s choice award. This marks […]
The First Trailer For Barry Jenkins’ Adaptation Of James Baldwin’s ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ Is Here
Photo via: AP In honor of what would have been James Baldwin’s 94th birthday on Thursday, Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins shared a powerful first look at his film adaptation of Baldwin 1974 novel, “If Beale Street Could Talk.” In the fiction book, Baldwin tells the story of a young Harlem couple named Fonny and Tish, whose love […]
Olympic Dreams Drive 10-Year-Old To Break A National Record At Track and Field Competition
Photo via: ABC News/WPVI A 10 year-old from Camden, New Jersey made history at the National Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships last weekend when she broke a 24-year-old national age group record. Sianni Wynn, who dreams of one day competing in the Olympics, ran the 400-meter dash in 58.7 seconds, breaking Monique Henderson’s 1994 record of 59.8 seconds. […]
All-Black D.C. Baseball Team Headed To Regional Tournament After Historic Little League Championship Win
Photo via: Mamie Baseball Little League Team/Facebook The all African American Mamie Johnson Little League Baseball Team recently made history as the first predominately Black team to win the D.C. Little League Championship with a 14-7 final score. The team was created in 2015 and named in honor of D.C. resident and the Negro League’s […]
Georgia Governor Nominee Stacey Abrams Scores Endorsement From Barack Obama
Photo credit: Jessica McGowan/Getty Images Stacey Abrams made history as the nation’s first Black woman to win a major party’s nomination for governor when she won Georgia’s gubernatorial primary race back in May. Now the first African American president of the United States has endorsed her for Georgia’s next governor. Barack Obama announced in […]
Black Excellence: This 15-Year-Old Is A Microsoft Office Specialist U.S. National Champion
Photo via: Certiport Jesse Ssengonzi of Cary, North Carolina was recently deemed one of the best Microsoft Word users in the United States. After winning first place in the Microsoft Word 2013 category, the 15-year-old collected $3,000, an award medal, a trophy, and an all-expense paid trip to Orlando, Florida to compete in the world finals […]
You Need To Read Serena Williams’ Powerful Essay For Black Women’s Equal Pay Day
Photo via: BBC In honor of Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, tennis great Serena Williams penned a powerful essay for Fortune Magazine that calls attention to the fact that “for every dollar a man makes, Black women make 63 cents.” Furthermore, in order to make the same amount as what their white male counterparts earn in […]
Remembering Ron Dellums, A Founder Of The Congressional Black Caucus
Photo credit: Ben Margot/AP Former California congressman and Congressional Black Caucus founder Ron Dellums passed away Monday night at the age of 82. Dellums, who was known as an advocate for people of color, poor people and social justice, was one of 13 Black lawmakers to start the Congressional Black Caucus in 1971 and Northern California’s […]
Beyoncé Gets Full Control Over Vogue’s September Cover And Hires Magazine’s First Black Cover Shoot Photographer
Photo via: Getty Images Vogue Magazine editor, Anna Wintour, recently granted Beyoncé unprecedented autonomy to choose the photographer who will shoot her cover photographs and also edit the cover story to appear inside the book. Beyoncé has chosen 23-year-old photographer Tyler Mitchell to photograph her, which will make Mitchell the first African American photographer to be […]