CoverGirl Introduces Its First-Ever Model With Vitiligo In New Foundation Ad
Photo credit: CoverGirl/YouTube Back in October, CoverGirl officially changed its iconic slogan, “Easy, Breezy, Beautiful, CoverGirl”, to a new tagline that represents all types of beauty: “I Am What I Make Up.” Now the campaign features its first-ever model with vitiligo, Amy Deanna. Vitiligo is a skin condition that causes white patches of depigmentation to […]
#WakandaTheVote: These Ladies Launched A Campaign To Register Voters At ‘Black Panther’ Screenings
Photo credit: Kayla Reed In October of 2017, Kayla Reed, Jessica Byrd, and Rukia Lumumba started the Electoral Justice Project (EJP), a project that is a part of the larger Movement for Black Lives, which seeks to fight for and advance the rights of Black U.S. citizens. With the highly anticipated premiere of Black […]
FedEx Hires Its First Black Female Pilot
Photo credit: FedEx In 2002, Tahirah Lamont Brown made history as the first African American woman pilot for FedEx. On FedEx’s blog, Brown talked about her desire to be a pilot ever since she was in high school and explained some of the barriers she faced while trying to reach this goal in a male-dominated […]
Harvard Foundation Honors Solange Knowles As Its 2018 Artist Of The Year
Photo credit: The Associated Press Solange Knowles is being celebrated by The Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations for her breakout year as a solo artist. Selected by students and staff, she will receive the award at Harvard’s annual Cultural Rhythms festival on March 3. The foundation is honoring her for creating a “public […]
‘Black Panther’ Reigns As King Of Box Office And Scores Historic Opening Weekend
Photo credit: Marvel/Walt Disney Studios/Everett Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther” just reaffirmed that Black excellence is indeed at an all-time high. The superhero film soared at the box office with a $201.7 million opening weekend (Friday-Sunday), and secured the second-largest Marvel Cinematic Universe opening and the fifth-largest opening weekend of all time. Meaning, “Black Panther” outperformed the debut […]
Serena Williams Surprises Girls From ‘Black Girls Code’ With Private ‘Black Panther’ Screening
On Thursday, a group of girls from “Black Girls Code” attended a private screening of Marvel’s “Black Panther” at the AMC Van Ness 14 theater in San Francisco. Little did they know, tennis great Serena Williams would make a surprise visit and watch the film with them. “I’m glad you guys could make it out. […]
The King Is Here: ‘Black Panther’ Just Broke Another Record
Ahead of its February 16 nationwide release, Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther” has already broke another record. The highly anticipated Marvel film scored the biggest opening day of 2018 thus far in the U.K. and Irish box office. According to The Guardian, “Black Panther” “pulled in £2.67m (almost $3.77 million) on its opening day on 13 February, Disney […]
Utah Elementary School Renamed After Mary Jackson, NASA’s First Black Female Engineer
Photo credit: NASA Langley Recently, the Salt Lake City School Board unanimously voted to rename Jackson Elementary School after Mary Jackson, NASA’s first Black female engineer. You may remember Mary Jackson’s name as she was one of the lead women portrayed in the historic 2016 box office film, ‘Hidden Figures.’ The school was originally named […]
Danny Glover And Delroy Lindo To Preside Over ‘From The Fire Leadership Academy’ For Young Men Of Color At Princeton University
Photo via: Eurweb Actors Delroy Lindo and Danny Glover are teaming up to lead the inaugural 2018 “From the Fire: Leadership Academy for Young Men” on the campus of Princeton University. The rites of passage program for rising junior or senior young men will take place July 22-August 3, 2018. While Lindo is serving as […]
Michelle Obama Dedicates The Sweetest Playlist Of Love Songs To Barack Obama For Valentine’s Day
Photo credit: Evan Vucci/AP Photo In the past, the Obamas have exchanged sweet messages online to one another to celebrate Valentine’s Day. This year however, our forever First Lady Michelle Obama decided to add something special to her annual message -a Valentine’s Day playlist dedicated to her husband of 25 years, Barack Obama. Happy #ValentinesDay to my one […]