Black Lives Matter’s Alicia Garza Launches New Organization To Mobilize Black Political Power
Photo credit: Giorgio Viera/EFE/ZUMA Black Lives Matter co-founder, Alicia Garza recently announced the launch of her newest project called Black Futures Lab. The organization seeks to “develop strategies that help Black people imagine the political, social and economic alternatives needed at the local, state, and federal level, while also building the political power needed to implement […]
Ava DuVernay Set To Direct DC Superhero Film ‘The New Gods’
After the recent premiere of “A Wrinkle in Time” and becoming the first African-American woman to direct a live action film with a budget of $100 million or more, Ava Duvernay has already switched gears and signed on to direct her next big project. Warner Bros. just recently announced that DuVernay will direct DC Comics’ […]
5th Grade Hero Saves Classmate’s Life After She Started Choking During Lunch
All photos via: WTVR Last month, fifth grader Benjamin Ford of Greenwood Elementary School proved that heroes come in all sizes when he saved his fellow classmate’s life after she began to choke during lunch. The moment he saw his classmate’s face turn blue while grasping for air, Benjamin immediately sprang into action. He told CBS […]
New D.C. Museum Honors The Legacy Of Historically Black Colleges And Universities
All photos by: Joanne S. Lawton The HBCU (Historically Black College and Universities) Museum is now open in Washington, D.C.! Thanks to the vision of Terrence Forte and his family, there’s now a space that exclusively celebrates and preserves the rich history and impact of HBCUs in the United States. While the museum is not affiliated with any […]
#WCW: 10 Women Honor Harriet Tubman With 100-Mile Walk Along Underground Railroad Route
In honor of Women’s History Month, the women of GirlTrek chose to honor the bravery of Harriet Tubman by retracing her escape from slavery to freedom on a 100-mile Underground Railroad route. The route runs from eastern Maryland into Delaware and took the group five days to complete. As stated in their Instagram bio, GirlTrek is the “largest […]
New Obama Presidential Center To Be Constructed By Primarily Black-Owned Construction Firms
Photo via: The Obama Foundation After months of meetings and conversations around the Obama Foundation’s plan to construct an Obama Presidential Center (OPC) on Chicago’s Southside, the project has finally been greenlit. The approximately $350 million-dollar project will set a historic precedent by employing majority minority-owned contracting firms to execute the project. An alliance […]
How This Couple Paid Off $162,000 Of Debt In Less Than Three Years
Photo via: @herown_a Over the weekend, this Minneapolis couple took to social media to announce that they reached their goal of paying off nearly $162,000 worth of debt. Read the full story below about how the husband and wife duo became completely debt free in less than three years. “THE END IS HERE!!! Today, March 10th, 2018 […]
Stanford Names Its First African American Female Neurosurgery Professor
Photo via: Stanford University Dr. Odette Harris has just made history by becoming the first African American female neurosurgery professor at Stanford University. She is also just the second African American female neurosurgery professor in America, reports The Stanford Daily. Dr. Alexa Canady is the first. Since 2009, Dr. Harris has served as the director of […]
Confederate Site In Baltimore To Be Rededicated To Harriet Tubman
Five days into Black History Month, the Baltimore City Council approved the legislation to move forward with plans to rededicate the site where confederate monuments once stood in Wyman Bell Park to legendary abolitionist Harriet Tubman. Before being removed in 2017, the site included a monument that honored confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. “Stonewall” […]
Five Inspiring Young, Gifted And Black Kids To Watch In 2018
Last month, we joined our partners at American Family Insurance in Madison, Wisconsin for the launch of its inaugural Young, Gifted and Dreaming Fearlessly Summit. There, we met five young dreamers: 15-year-old actor and entrepreneur AJ Carr, 14-year-old aspiring astronaut Taylor Richardson, 14-year-old DJ Fulano Librizzi, 13-year-old ice cream shop owner Beau Shell, and 10-year-old singer and actor […]