New Art Installation In Honor of Rosa Parks Unveiled At Georgia Tech
A new art installation was unveiled on the campus of Georgia Institute of Technology this afternoon in honor of civil rights icon, Rosa Parks. Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and it seemed extremely pertinent and timely to hold the intimate unveiling ceremony that revealed an […]
Epsy Campbell Barr Becomes Costa Rica’s First Black Woman Vice President
Epsy Campbell Barr has just been elected as vice president of Costa Rica, making her the country’s first Afo-Latina VP, reports Jezebel. She is also the first Black woman to hold this position in the Americas. She won the election by a landslide alongside President-elect Carlos Alvarado Quesada. They are both members of the […]
MLK 50: Watch Barack Obama And John Lewis Discuss Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. To commemorate his life and legacy, the 44th U.S. President Barack Obama and Congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis discussed Dr. King’s legacy with a group of students from Washington, D.C.’s all-boys’ Ron Brown College Preparatory High School. […]
Google Doodle Honors Literary Icon Maya Angelou On Her 90th Birthday
To celebrate what would have been the legendary Maya Angelou’s 90th birthday today, Google released a video doodle that features one of Angelou’s most famous poems, “Still I Rise.” The animated poetry reading includes Angelou’s voice and the voices of a few people inspired by her: Alicia Keys, Laverne Cox, Oprah Winfrey, America Ferrera, Martina McBride, and Angelou’s […]
Black Excellence Overload: High School Senior Accepted To 20 Top Colleges With Full Rides
Black Excellence Alert! 17-year-old Micheal Brown applied to twenty of the nation’s top colleges, and not only did he get accepted into every single one of them, but they ALL offered him a full ride scholarship. The Houston Mirabeau B. Lamar High School senior, who has only received one B throughout his whole academic career, also earned […]
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela: Remembering South Africa’s ‘Mother Of The Nation’
Photo credit: Mujahid Safodien/AFP/Getty Images On Monday, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, South African anti-apartheid activist and former wife of South Africa’s first Black President, Nelson Mandela, passed away at 81 years old “after a long illness, for which she had been in and out of hospital since the start of the year,” the African National Congress said in a […]
This Dr. Mom Wrote A Children’s Book With Her Daughter To Inspire Kids To Become Doctors
All photos via: Ashley Denmark On this National Doctor’s Day, we’d like to highlight the story of family medicine physician, Dr. Ashely Denmark, who wrote a book with her daughter Olivia to inspire other children to become doctors. Read her inspiring story below. “I was 9 months pregnant with my daughter Olivia when I first […]
Cicely Tyson Set To Be Honored By Turner Classic Movies With Hand & Footprint Ceremony
With an acting career that spans six decades, the legendary Cicely Tyson is now set to be honored by Turner Classic Movies (TCM) with an official hand and footprint ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood. The 93-year-old actress and activist has earned several honors over the course of her career, including being named a 2015 Kennedy Center Honoree and […]
13-Year-Old Who Saved 17 Of His Neighbors During Hurricane Harvey Receives Congressional Citizen Honors Award
Photo credit: Carlos Bongioanni/Stars and Stripes Do you remember 13-year-old Virgil Smith, who used an air mattress to save 17 of his neighbors from the floodwaters of Hurricane Harvey last year? Well, now the neighborhood hero of Dickinson, Texas has been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor Society’s Young Hero Award for the incredible act of courage and […]
24-Year-Old Author Secures One Of The Largest Book Deals In History For Nigerian Fantasy Series
Photo via: The Nerd Element At just 24 years old, author Tomi Adeyemi is already making waves for securing the one of the largest book deals in history for a young adult author and scoring a seven-figure movie deal for her debut novel, “The Children of Blood and Bone.” In a recent “Good Morning […]