Month / January 2021
Iconic actress Cicely Tyson dies at 96
(CNN)Cicely Tyson, an award-winning icon of the stage and screen who broke barriers for Black actresses with surpassing dignity, died Thursday, her longtime manager Larry Thompson confirmed to CNN. She was 96. A family statement did not reveal the cause of death. The actress chronicled […]
Inside the Reddit army that’s crushing Wall Street
Omar couldn’t believe what was happening. He should have been concentrating on the student he was tutoring in physics — a job he did during his free time while enrolled in a post-baccalaureate pre-med program — but Omar’s eyes kept darting back to the Robinhood […]
Amanda Gorman’s books will get 1 million first prints
(CNN)To meet the demand for Amanda Gorman’s unreleased books, her publisher announced it will print one million copies of each of her three titles. Gorman 22, turned heads and stole hearts when she delivered a powerful inauguration poem at the US Capitol on January 20, […]
Atlanta Braves Announces the Formation of the Henry Louis Aaron Fund
After celebrating the life of Henry Louis Aaron, who recently passed away at the age of 86, the Atlanta Braves organization has formally announced the formation of The Henry Louis Aaron Fund. The purpose of the Henry Louis Aaron Fund is to provide the necessary resources to drive […]
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