National Museum Of African American History And Culture Celebrates One-Year Anniversary
Photo credit: Alan Karchmer Today marks the first anniversary of the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. On September 24, 2016, the first African American President of the United States, Barack Obama, opened the first national museum dedicated to honoring African American history. Among the thousands of attendees were the first African American […]
It’s Official: The Katherine Johnson Building Is Now Open At NASA Langley Research Center
Photo via: NASA 99-year-old Katherine G. Johnson is a living legend whose love of numbers helped put men into space. She calculated historic flight trajectories for the first American to go into space, for the first American to orbit earth, as well as the flight path for the first human trip to the moon. Johnson’s […]
Meet The Founders Behind The Career Platform That’s Connected Thousands Of Minorities To Top Employment Opportunities
Photo via: Jopwell, Pictured left to right: Ryan Williams and Porter Braswell What did Ryan Williams and Porter Braswell do when they noticed a gap between top companies and underrepresented minority groups? The University of Pennsylvania and Yale graduates left their jobs on Wall Street and founded their own career platform called Jopwell. The career switch made Williams and Braswell […]
TV One To Celebrate 30th Anniversary Of ‘A Different World’ With 14-Hour Marathon
On September 24, 1987, “A Different World”, the spin-off of “The Cosby Show”, premiered on NBC. In season one, the show followed Denise Huxtable (Lisa Bonet) to our favorite fictional HBCU, Hillman College. Throughout its six seasons, the show consistently used its platform to tackle a wide range of political, racial, and social issues specific to the […]
National Museum Of African American History And Culture To Honor 60th Anniversary Of Little Rock Nine
Today marks 60 years since the courageous Little Rock Nine became the first Black students to attend Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. On September 25, 1957 nine brave students by the name of Ernest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, Jefferson Thomas, Terrence Roberts, Carlotta Walls LaNier, Minnijean Brown, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Thelma Mothershed and Melba Pattillo Beals were escorted […]
These Two Young Boys Became Heroes After Saving Tenants From Apartment Fire
Saving lives has no age limit; here’s proof. When the Barrington Apartments complex caught fire in Romulus, Michigan on Sunday night, 11-year-old RJ Stockton and 10-year-old Freddie King didn’t hesitate to come to the rescue of the tenants inside. The two immediately took action, knocking on doors and running down the hallways to warn the residents about the fire. […]
Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty Collection Just Helped A Woman With Albinism Find Her Perfect Foundation Match
Photo via: Sephora Just when we thought Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty collection couldn’t get any better, it takes inclusiveness to another level of amazing. Since the singer’s makeup line dropped earlier this month with a total of 40 foundation shades, the beauty brand has had a hard time keeping its deeper shades of foundation in stock. While the collection was created for women of […]
Read This Touching Letter Serena Williams Wrote To Her Mother After Her Daughter’s Birth
If you didn’t know by now, Serena Williams truly has a way with words. Back in April, the tennis great wrote a beautiful letter to her then unborn daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. on the day she found out she reclaimed her No. 1 WTA ranking. Now, as a new mother, Williams penned a letter to her own […]
Ava DuVernay, LL CooL J And More Named Recipients Of Harvard’s 2017 W.E.B. Du Bois Medals
Ava DuVernay (Photo credit: Michael Rowe) , LL Cool J (Photo via: Reuters Images) It’s another honor for Ava DuVernay and LL Cool J! On Monday, the visionary filmmaker and hip-hop pioneer were announced as two of the recipients of Harvard University’s 2017 W.E.B. Du Bois Medals for their “contributions to African and African American history and culture,” […]
All The Feels: Watch This Dad, Who Was Paralyzed After Skiing Accident, Dance With His Daughter On Her Wedding Day
Photo via: ABC News One of the first things that crossed Chavuanne Cousins’ mind when she got engaged was how she was going to “figure out” a way for her father Dorian Wills, who was left paralyzed after a skiing accident in 2007, could fully participate in her wedding, including walking her down the aisle. Wills, […]