Newly Elected County Commissioner In Athens, Georgia Takes Oath Of Office On ‘The Autobiography Of Malcolm X’
Photo via: Youtube Screenshot If we had to use five words to describe Mariah Parker’s swearing in ceremony as Athens-Clarke County, Georgia’s new county commissioner for District 2, it would be: All Power to the People. The 26-year-old hip hop artist and University of Georgia doctoral candidate, who won the seat by just 13 votes, decided to […]
Black Excellence: Devante Smith-Pelly Leads Washington Capitals To Their First-Ever Stanley Cup
Photo credit: Dave Sandford/Getty Images Remember the name Devante Smith-Pelly. The 25-year-old Washington Capitals forward just helped lead his team to win their first-ever Stanley Cup with his game-tying goal in a 4-3 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday. Smith-Pelly, one of the two Black players on the Capitals, scored seven playoff goals in the Stanley Cup […]
Grab A Tissue: Watch Oprah Winfrey’s First Look At Her Exhibit At The National Museum Of African American History And Culture
Photo credit: CBS news Before the National Museum of African American History and Culture open their new exhibit called “Watching Oprah” to the public, the media powerhouse herself toured the exhibit for the first time on Wednesday with her best friend and “CBS This Morning” co-host Gayle King and the museum’s director Lonnie Bunch III. Let’s just say for […]
‘Hidden Figure’ Katherine Johnson To Be Honored By Her Alma Mater With A Bronze Statue
Photo credit: Matt Sayles/Invision/AP Since the inspiring stories of Katherine Johnson, alongside her fellow “human computers” Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughn, were depicted in the 2017 motion picture “Hidden Figures,” the outpour of admiration and recognition for their contributions to NASA work continues to grow. Most recently, Johnson’s alma mater, West Virginia State University, announced […]
Watch Kevin Durant Surprise Four Students With Paid Tuition For Their First Year Of College
On top of trying to help the Golden State Warriors secure their second consecutive NBA Championship, Kevin Durant is also on a mission to pay it forward and empower the youth in the Bay Area community. In doing so, the NBA star offered to pay for the first year of college for four students that […]
National Museum Of African American History And Culture To Honor Oprah Winfrey With New Exhibit
Photo via: CBS News Oprah Winfrey is a business mogul, philanthropist and activist whose contributions to American history will now be recognized at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, reports The Washington Post. Starting Friday and running through June 2019, the museum will showcase “Watching Oprah: The Oprah Winfrey Show and American […]
Ava DuVernay And Colin Kaepernick Team Up For Comedy Series About The Athlete’s High School Life
Photo via: Ava DuVernay Visionary filmmaker Ava DuVernay has been a long-time supporter of athlete turned activist Colin Kaepernick, and now she is teaming up with the young star to bring part of his story to TV. In a recent Vanity Fair feature, it was revealed that DuVernay will be working with the former NFL player […]
Starbucks Names Mellody Hobson As Its New Vice Chair
Photo credit: Calvin Sit/ Bloomerg Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Investments, the first African American investment firm with publicly traded mutual funds, has just been named the new vice chair of Starbucks. She will assume the role when longtime chairman Howard Schultz steps down on June 26, and according to Black Enterprise, will become “one of the […]
‘Queen Sugar’ Star Kofi Siriboe Just Released A Powerful Mini-Documentary About Black Mental Health
Photo credit: Micaiah Carter Since 1949, Mental Health Awareness Month has been observed in the United States in the month of May; however, “Queen Sugar” star, Kofi Siriboe, just extended the conversation around the taboo subject with the release of his new mini- documentary called “WTF Is Mental Health.” The project was filmed in the […]
Southern University To Welcome 11-Year-Old Prodigy With A Full-Ride Scholarship
Photo by: John Oubre /Southern University While most 11-year-olds are welcoming summer with thoughts of participating in summer camps and trips to nearby pools and amusement parks, Elijah Precciely of Baton Rouge, Louisiana is preparing to attend college next spring. He was recently awarded a full-ride scholarship to Southern University where he plans to study physics and […]