These Two Siblings Channeled Their Inner Barack and Michelle Obama For A Recreation Of Their Official Portraits
Photo credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images This year, during Black History Month, trailblazing artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald’s portraits of the first African American President and First Lady of the United States were unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery. With the portraits, Wiley and Sherald became the first Black artists to be commissioned to paint a presidential couple for […]
‘Black Panther’ Items Gets Acquired By The National Museum Of African American History And Culture
Photo via: Marvel It looks like Wakanda is coming to Washington, D.C. as the National Museum of African American History and Culture has acquired a couple objects from Ryan Coogler’s groundbreaking film, “Black Panther.” According to a news report released by the Smithsonian, the objects include, “the hero costume worn by actor Chadwick Boseman; a shooting script signed […]
Oprah Winfrey Enters Multi-Year Partnership Deal With Apple As Part Of $1 Billion Programming Push
Media mogul Oprah Winfrey is continuing to build her empire. Recently, Apple announced that they are entering a multi-year partnership deal with Winfrey as part of their $1 billion programming push for new content, reports The Guardian. In a statement released on its website, Apple said they “will create original programs that embrace (Winfrey’s) incomparable […]
This Dad Did The Sweetest Thing When His Daughter Got Stage Fright During Her Ballet Performance
Photos via: In Motion School of Dance/ YouTube Father’s Day may be over, but we’re not done celebrating dads- especially ones who would do anything for their kids, including getting on stage to do ballet with their daughter. Last month, that’s exactly what Marc Daniels did when he saw his two-year-old daughter Bella get stage fright during a dress rehearsal […]
24-Year-Old Ugandan Wins Award For Inventing A Bloodless Malaria Test
Brian Gitta is a 24-year-old software engineer who just made history as the youngest and first Ugandan to win the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation for his malaria testing device called Matibabu, reports OkayAfrica. After suffering from malaria himself, and going undiagnosed for several months, Gitta was determined to prevent the same thing from happening […]
Barack Obama To Replace Confederate General’s Name On Virginia Elementary School
Photo credit: Julio Cortez/AP On the eve of Juneteenth, the Virginia, Richmond Public School Board voted to rename J.E.B Stuart Elementary, the city’s last remaining school to be named after a confederate leader, to Barack Obama Elementary School. The name change follows months of meetings and recommendations from the community and student body, which is more than 90 percent African American. […]
Chadwick Boseman Gives His ‘Best Hero’ MTV Movie Award To Waffle House Hero James Shaw Jr.
During the 2018 MTV Movie and TV Awards, which aired on Monday night, “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman received the Best Hero Award. However, while accepting the honor he decided to pay tribute to a real-life hero, James Shaw Jr.- who saved several lives back in April when he disarmed a man who opened fire at a […]
This Recent Grad Launched A #BlackMenOfYaleUniversity Photo Series To Spotlight Black Men At Ivy League Schools
Photo credit: Vivian Dang You may remember Akintunde Ahmad as the Oakland, California scholar who made headlines in 2014 for graduating with a 5.0 GPA, a 2100 SAT score and acceptance letters to Yale, Brown and Columbia University. Today, that same scholar is a recent graduate of Yale University who has created a photo series […]
Rodney Smith: The 28-Year-Old Man Who Is Traveling Across America To Provide Free Lawn Care For People In Need
Photo via: Raising Men Lawn Care Services After a chance encounter with an elderly man cutting his lawn one day, then Alabama A&M college student Rodney Smith Jr. became inspired to create a free lawn care service that turned into a nation-wide community service initiative. Smith also personally challenged himself to travel to all […]
Ilhan Omar Makes Bid To Become The First Somali-American Member Of Congress
Political trailblazer, Ilhan Omar, recently filed paperwork to become Minnesota’s 5th district Congressional representative. In 2016, Omar was elected as the nation’s first Somali-American, Muslim woman legislator when she won a seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives. But she’s not done making history, as she just made a bid to become the first […]