This Young Woman Quit Her Job To Build An App That Helps Users Find Black-Owned Businesses
All photos via: Mandy Bowman What inspired Mandy Bowman to quit her job at Essence Magazine to pursue entrepreneurship full-time? A book about the infamous 1921 Tulsa Race Riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where a white mob attacked and destroyed one of the nation’s wealthiest Black communities in America, affectionately known as Black Wall Street. After reading […]
New Orleans Elects First Woman Mayor In 300-Year History
Photo credit: Michael DeMocker Former City Council member LaToya Cantrell was elected the next mayor of New Orleans in an overwhelming 60% of the vote victory. The historic run-off election with fellow Democrat Desiree Charbonnet now makes her the first woman to be elected mayor in the city’s nearly 300-year history. Cantrell, who represented Council […]
Watch JAY-Z Stop Mid-Concert To Tell This Nine-Year-Old Girl That She Can Be President
Photo credit: Taylor Hill/FilmMagic On Monday night, music mogul Shawn “JAY-Z” Carter paused his “4:44” concert to give a few words of encouragement to a young fan – a nine-year-old girl he spotted while on stage at the Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena. JAY-Z told her: “Now remember, like I was saying, you can be anything […]
Husband And Wife Photography Team Creates Baroque-Inspired Portraits To Celebrate The Beauty of Black Girls’ Natural Hair
All photos by: CreativeSoul Photography In an effort to fight negative perceptions of natural hair among young Black girls, an Atlanta-based studio named CreativeSoul created Afro Art, a stunning series that features girls from across the country in elaborate styling from costume to hair. Hailing from New York, California, Texas and Georgia, each girls’ look was inspired […]
Olympic Legend Dominique Dawes Celebrates 41st Birthday With Pregnancy Announcement Of Twins
Surprise! Olympic legend Dominique Dawes is pregnant with twins! Dawes, who is the first Black person to win an Olympic Gold medal in gymnastics, decided to announce that she’s pregnant with twins today on her 41st birthday. The history-making Olympian is already a mother of two girls. After enduring a miscarriage earlier this year, she […]
The Legendary Della Reese Passes Away At 86
Photo credit: CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images On Sunday night, legendary singer and actress Della Reese passed away in her California home. She was 86 years old. Reese started blazing her own trail in the entertainment industry early in life when she started working with Gospel legend Mahalia Jackson’s group at age 13. Two years later, at 15, Reese […]
Tracee Ellis Ross Paid A Beautiful Fashion Tribute To Her Mom Diana Ross At The American Music Awards
ABC’s “Black-ish” star Tracee Ellis Ross hosted the 2017 American Music Awards on Sunday- which couldn’t have been any more perfect as her mother, Diana Ross, was this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. During the show, Ross wore several stunning outfits, one in which paid tribute to one of her mother’s most iconic looks: a white […]
Black Businessman Uses $52 million Lottery Winnings To Rebuild African American Community In Florida
After winning the $52 million jackpot in 2010, Miguel Pilgram of the Pilgram Group used his earnings to start a real estate company. Now, the entrepreneur is using his real estate knowledge to invest that money back into a Fort Lauderdale, Florida community that was once known for its thriving Black businesses, reports Black […]
Dee Rees’ ‘Mudbound’ Hit Netflix & Select Theaters With Numerous Awards Already Under Its Belt
Photo credit: Variety Filmmaker Dee Rees might have just given Netflix one of its first Oscar contenders with her historical drama, “Mudbound”, which as of today, is available on the streaming service and in select theaters. The film, featuring Jason Mitchell, Rob Morgan, and Mary J. Blige (who already won a Hollywood Breakout Performance Award for […]
Nigerian Women’s Bobsled Team To Make History At The Winter Olympics
All photos by: Obi Grant Black girl magic alert! For the first time ever, Nigeria will be represented in the Winter Olympics by the women’s bobsled team at the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The team includes driver Seun Adigun and brakewomen Ngozi Onwumere and Akuoma Omeoga. The team, which was only formed […]