Watch Out World: These Young Sisters Are On The Road To Becoming The Venus And Serena Of Golf
Photo via: ABC News This could be one of the greatest examples of history repeating itself. Sisters Layla and Roxy Phillips are only six and four-year-olds, but they are already blazing their own trail on the golf course. The siblings are from Compton, California and they have been playing the game since the early age […]
Chance The Rapper Donating Historic Grammy To Chicago’s DuSable Museum Of African American History
Photo credit: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Chance the Rapper is the gift that keeps on giving. Last weekend, a day before he became the youngest recipient to receive BET’s Humanitarian Award, Chance took to another stage to give a powerful acceptance speech. It was during the “Night of 100 Stars” gala, where he was honored with the Trail Blazer […]
Philly Barber Starts ‘Cutz Of Compassion’ Tour To Provide More Free Haircuts To The Homeless
Photo credit: Mari A. Schaefer/ Inquirer Staff This 29-year-old Philadelphia barber is on a mission to change the world one haircut at a time. His name is Brennon Jones and he became inspired to launch a project called “Haircuts 4 the Homeless” after having a random encounter with a homeless man. He decided right then […]
Black Girl Magic Times Two: These Twin Sisters Graduated As Co-Valedictorians Of High School Class
Photo via: WAFB 9 News / Printed left to right: Shayla and Kayla LeBlanc Here’s a double dose of Black girl magic! Last month, fraternal twin sisters Shayla and Kayla LeBlanc graduated from Brusly High School as co-valedictorians. The sisters both earned an incredible 4.3 GPA (grade point average), which ranked them at the very top of their class. With […]
This School Counselor Worked As A Night Custodian For 4 Years To Pay For Grad School
Photo credit: Debi Milligan /Photo via: Instagram/@smoothsparks Get ready to feel inspired! For the last four years, Jesse Sparks has worked as a night custodian at the same high school he counseled students at during the day, and once attended himself, with one goal in mind: to pay his own way through graduate school. “At […]
Senator Kamala Harris’ Black Music Month Playlist Is The Best Thing You’ll Hear Today
Photo credit: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call,Inc. Are you looking for a playlist that celebrates all types of Black music? Look no further. Senator Kamala Harris has got you covered. On Tuesday, she released a public playlist on Spotify to honor Black Music Month, which is observed every year in June. The playlist, called “#AAMAM All Time Favorites”, […]
Martrell Stevens Graduates As Valedictorian 9 Years After Being Paralyzed By Stray Bullet
Photo credit: CBS Chicago In 2008, then four-year-old Martrell Stevens was struck by a stray bullet in Chicago. He was left paralyzed from the waist down and had to relearn how to do things such as tying his shoe. Over the years, Martrell has endured rehabilitation and learned to never allow his injuries to determine what he can […]
Juneteenth: 10 Powerful Quotes To Remember On Freedom Day
Photo credit: Grace Murray Stephenson/ Austin History Center, Pictured: A Juneteenth celebration at Eastwoods Park in Austin, Texas (1900). Today we celebrate the 153rd anniversary of Juneteenth, a holiday that commemorates the last enslaved African Americans in the United States being declared free. The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, however, the news […]
Black Girl Magic: Zendaya Lands Her First ‘Vogue’ Cover
Photo credit: Mario Testino/Vogue Black girl magic alert! 20-year-old actress and activist Zendaya Coleman just snagged her first cover of “Vogue” Magazine. “I really don’t have any words right now…I’m grateful, honored and a million other beautiful things that wouldn’t fit in a caption,” wrote the Disney star on Instagram. “I’M ON VOGUE Y’ALL!!!!” From defending the […]
For The First Time Ever, Ballou High School’s Entire Senior Class Gets Accepted Into College
Photo via: Ballou High School They did it! Frank W. Ballou High School’s entire senior class has been accepted into college. According to Washington D.C.’s local news, WUSA9, “it’s a first for the Southeast, D.C. public school.” The high school’s class of 2017 first made school history in March, when it was reported that for […]