Chance The Rapper Set To Give Away 30,000 ‘Stuffed’ Backpacks At The Bud Billiken Parade
Photo credit: Matt Sayles/Invision/AP We might as well start calling Chance the Rapper, Chance the Giver! On Wednesday, the Chicago artist tweeted that he’ll be giving away 30,000 “stuffed” backpacks to people who attend the 88th annual Bud Billiken Parade. The parade, affectionately known as “The Bud” by some Chicago natives, is “both the largest African American parade in the […]
Four Generations: Son, Father, Grandfather, And Great-Grandfather In One Beautiful Photo
Photo credit: Crystal Speirs Photography It’s always amazing to see multiple generations of family in one photo, especially a child in the same photo as their great-grandparent. Dr. Earl V. Campbell III, a Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellow at Yale School of Medicine, recently took to social media to share a family photo of himself with his son, father (who’s also […]
WATCH: These Military Moms Surprising Their Kids At School After Returning From Deployment Is The Best Thing Ever
On Monday, U.S. Air Force Master Sergeants Shania Porter and Bethany Anderson-Burrs made surprise visits to their children’s schools after getting home from their 7-month deployment overseas. Porter announced her return to her youngest son Blake, 4, on his first day of school by broadcasting her voice on the intercom at Primrose School of Palm Valley in Arizona. […]
Ava DuVernay To Adapt Octavia Butler’s Sci-Fi Novel, ‘Dawn’, As TV Series With Victoria Mahoney & Charles D. King
Photo credit: Pizzello/Invision/AP If there’s one person in the film industry who shows no signs of slowing down, it’s Ava DuVernay. The visionary filmmaker has now teamed up with writer/director Victoria Mahoney and Charles D. King to adapt the legendary Octavia Butler’s 1987 science fiction novel, “Dawn”, into a television series. Honored to partner with my friend @VictoriaMahoney […]
Check Out This Black And Beautiful Family Of Doctors
Photo via: Instagram/@law.u Medicine and excellence clearly runs in the Uradu family! Dr. Uradu, who is a radiologist currently completing his Abdominal Imaging fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, recently shared a beautifully inspiring photo of his family wearing their white coats. The caption read: “You can’t lose when your team is […]
How ‘Little Miss Flint’ Just Helped Over 1,000 Local Students Get New School Supplies
Photo credit: Loui Lulu Brezzell Amariyanna ‘Mari’ Copeny is a 10-year-old little girl with a big heart for service. Dubbed “Little Miss Flint” for her advocacy work to bring clean water to her hometown of Flint, Michigan, Mari recently partnered with a nonprofit organization called Pack Your Back to distribute school supplies to Flint students over the weekend. “We came […]
100 Black Men Of Atlanta Gave These Students The Perfect Back To School Welcome
Photo credit: Horace Henry Now this is how you kick off a new school year! Last week, the young men of The B.E.S.T. (Business, Engineering, Science, and Technology) Academy of Atlanta received a warm and inspiring back to school welcome from the 100 Black Men of Atlanta. As the students of the all-male academy made their way into school, […]
Barack Obama’s Birthday Just Became A Holiday In Illinois
Photo via: Pool/Getty Images The 44th U.S. President of the United States now has his very own day in the state of Illinois. Obama, and pretty much the entire internet, celebrated his 56th birthday on Friday, August 4. Now, what was trending on Twitter as Obama Day has been turned into a holiday in Illinois. […]
Michelle Obama Shares Sweet Message And Adorable Family Throwback Photos For Barack Obama’s Birthday
The Obamas are known for exchanging sweet messages to one another on social media for special occasions, so as expected, Michelle Obama sent a beautiful birthday message to her husband Barack Obama today. She shared two throwback photos along with a caption that read: “Another year older, but the same phenomenal guy I married nearly […]
Meet Simone Askew, The First African American Woman To Be Selected As West Point’s First Captain
Photo via: U.S. Army The United States Military Academy at West Point has never appointed an African American woman to serve as First Captain -until now. Cadet Simone Askew of Fairfax, Virginia was recently selected as First Captain of West Point’s Corps of Cadets for the 2017-2018 academic year. This makes her the first African American woman to hold the […]