Here’s How Two African American Women Pilots Made History Together At Delta Airlines
Pictured left to right: Captain Stephanie Johnson and First Officer Dawn Cook Looks like Delta Airlines’ first Black female captain, Stephanie Johnson had more history to make. But this time, she didn’t do it alone. On February 26, Captain Johnson and First Officer Dawn Cook operated one of Delta’s mainline flights and became its first all-Black women cockpit […]
Viola Davis Accepts Harvard University’s ‘Artist Of The Year’ Award
2017 is quickly becoming the year of Viola Davis! On Saturday, Davis received Harvard University’s Artist of the Year Award from the Harvard Foundation. The honor comes less than week after Davis made history at the Academy Awards, where she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in “Fences”. The win made her the first Black […]
Meet The 14-Year-Old Girl Who Just Won First Place In National Music Competition
You’re going to want to remember the name, Ifetayo Ali-Landing. She’s a 14-year-old musical prodigy who started playing the cello at the remarkable age of 4. Since deciding to switch from the violin to the cello at age 3, Ifetayo has continued to hone her craft at the Hyde Park Suzuki Institute, a non-profit organization in Chicago […]
Watch: Hundreds Of Black Fathers Take Their Daughters To Daddy-Daughter Dance
A few weeks ago, hundreds of Black and beautiful father-daughter duos got dressed up in their Sunday best for The Black Star Project’s annual Daddy-Daughter Dance in Bronzeville, Chicago. The special event is held every February around Valentine’s Day to celebrate the irreplaceable love and bond between a father and daughter. With hundreds of fathers and daughters […]
Stephanie Johnson Is Now Soaring The Skies As Delta’s First Black Female Captain
Growing up, Stephanie Johnson would think to herself: “What a great thing it would be to know how to fly.” There were no pilots in Johnson’s life at the time; however, that did not deter her from believing that she would one day soar the skies. Johnson first experienced the thrill of flying in high school, when she found out her physics […]
LEGO Honors Hidden Figures’ Katherine Johnson In Its New ‘Women Of NASA’ Set
Just days after pioneering NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson received a well-deserved standing ovation at the Academy Awards on Sunday night, LEGO announced that she will be included in its new “Women of NASA” collection. The Oscar nominated film, “Hidden Figures” was inspired by Johnson’s incredible life and contributions to NASA’s space program, which included calculating […]
9 Harry Belafonte Quotes To Celebrate His 90th Birthday
Harry Belafonte celebrated his milestone 90th birthday today. In his incredible 90 years of life, Belafonte has become one of the world’s most influential activists and entertainers. During the 1950’s, he became inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Paul Robeson and other civil rights icons, to get involved in the civil rights movement. Belafonte went on […]
Why This Photo Of Black Congresswomen Dressed In Suffragette White Is So Powerful
We’re pretty sure African American suffragists such as Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells, and Mary Church Terrell were smiling down on the Black congresswomen who showed up wearing suffragette white to a joint session of U.S. Congress on Tuesday. They were among the several Democratic women who decided to wear white as a way to promote women’s rights […]
More Obama Excellence: Barack & Michelle Obama Land Historic Book Deal
Photo via: Getty On Tuesday, the Penguin Random House announced that its company will publish the books of the 44th US President and First Lady, Barack and Michelle Obama. It is common practice for former presidents to write a memoir after leaving office; however, there’s nothing common about the Obamas’ book deal. By securing a reported more than $60 […]
This DC High School Gets A Surprise Visit From Michelle Obama
The former (and greatest) First Lady Michelle Obama continues to do what she does best: inspire the next generation. As she remains committed to the work, Mrs. Obama made a surprise visit to Ballou S.T.A.Y (School To Aid Youth) High School in Washington, D.C today. While there, she privately met with a small group of […]