Watch Will Smith And His Mother React To His New Mural In West Philadelphia
Photo via: Will Smith/YouTube Before Will Smith became the prince of a town called Bel-Air, he was born and raised in West Philadelphia – which now has a 60-foot mural that was painted in the actor’s honor. Artist Richard Wilson, known for his celebrity murals, decided to paint an image of Smith on the side of Gevurtz Furniture […]
Serena Williams Makes Successful Wimbledon Return
Photo via: CNN Serena Williams just made a winning return to Wimbledon! On Monday, Williams defeated Arantxa Rus 7-5, 6-3 to advance to the second round at Wimbledon. The last time Williams played at the tournament was in 2016 when she won her 22nd Grand Slam singles title and tied with Stefanie Graf’s Open Era Grand Slam record. She later […]
Alpha Kappa Alpha Chapter In Flint, Michigan Raises $20,000 To Help Combat The City’s Ongoing Water Crisis
Photo via: CBS News The city of Flint, Michigan continues to experience an ongoing lack of clean water supply. While multiple businesses and celebrities alike have contributed to relief efforts for the citizens of Flint, most recently, local Zeta Beta Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. raised $20,000 to assist with providing clean […]
Olympic Swimmer Simone Manuel Wins Collegiate Woman Athlete Of The Year
Photo via: Stanford Athletics Since becoming the first African American woman to win an individual Olympic medal in swimming at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Simone Manuel has become an inspiration for children who look like her to pursue swimming. A year later she made history again – this time at the 2017 National Collegiate Athletic Association […]
Random Act Of Kindness: Young Man Helps Woman Get Home After Her Electric Wheelchair Loses Power
Photo via: CBS News While on his way to the gym, 24-year-old Bilal Quintyne of Smyrna, Georgia, spotted 67-year-old Belinda Whitaker sitting in a wheelchair on the side of the road. Turns out, Whitaker’s motorized wheelchair had run out of power and she’d been stranded for about 45 minutes. What happened next is why Quintyne’s random act of kindness […]
Meet The First Black Woman To Earn A PH.D. In Nuclear Engineering From MIT
Photo via: mareenarobinsonsnowden.com In 2017, Mareena Robinson Snowden broke the glass ceiling as the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Nuclear Engineering. As stated on her personal website, the Miami native graduated from Florida A&M University with a Bachelors of Science degree in Physics. Snowden then went on […]
The First 100 Percent Black-Owned Craft Beer Bar Opens In Harlem
Photo credit: Sabrina Thompson/ KUU Productions Three visionary HBCU graduates, Kevin Bradford (Hampton University), Kim Harris (Clark Atlanta University), and Stacey Lee (Clark Atlanta University) officially opened the doors to “Harlem Hops” on June 9th. The venue is the first 100% Black-owned craft beer bar in Harlem. The idea for “Harlem Hops” came about as […]
D.C. Students Who Created A Water Filter That Removes Lead Joined ‘Little Miss Flint’ In Michigan For Water Distribution Event
Photo credit: Evelyn Hockstein—The Washington Post/Getty You might remember D.C. high school students, Bria Snell, India Skinner and Mikayla Sharrieff, the only all-female, all-Black team that were in the final round of NASA’s Optimus Prime Spinoff Promotion and Research Challenge. For it, the 11th graders created a water filter that’s designed to clean drinking water in […]
Lupita Nyong’o To Receive Star On Hollywood Walk Of Fame
It looks like one of our favorite women warriors of Wakanda, Lupita Nyong’o, will be getting her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced its class of 2019 with its Chairman and Walk of Famer Vin Di Bona stating in a press release: “The Walk of Fame Selection […]
Bristol’s New Lord Mayor Removes Portrait Of Slave Trader From Office As Her First Order Of Business
Photo via: Bristol Post When artist and activist Cleo Lake entered office last month as the new Lord Mayor of Bristol, one of her first orders of business was to have a 316-year-old portrait of slave trader Edward Colston removed from her office. “I’m coming to the end of my first month in office, and this […]