Champs graduated from Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University just earlier this year. She said she wouldn’t have been successful without her five children. “From foster care to a high school dropout to jurist doctorate. I cannot believe it. The hardest part has been trying […]
Mary Keitany of Kenya and Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia took home the top prizes at this year’s New York City Marathon. In a highly contested field, Keitany beat out the women with a time of 2:22:48. USA Today reports this the runner’s fourth win in five years. […]
Miles was one of 20 semifinalists in the Beard Foundation’s Outstanding Pastry Chef category for five years running, and among its five finalists for the past three years. The awards gala at Chicago’s Lyric Opera House was a celebratory one for the Stitts, too. After […]
Ciara Sivels knew she was going to make history, but she really wanted to focus on finishing her Ph.D. program first. Sivels, a native of Chesapeake, Virginia, is the first black woman to earn a doctoral degree in nuclear engineering from theUniversity of Michigan, the top […]
Simone Biles already has our hearts but continues to give us reasons to stan. On Thursday, the Olympian won her fourth All-Around World Title at the 2018 Artistic Gymnastics Championship. The historic moment made her the first woman to accomplish such a feat. Don Lemon […]
In an effort to elevate Black lives, the co-founder believes a crucial step starts with Black people showing up to the polls in November to vote during the midterm elections. The Oakland-based organizer teamed up with NextGen America’s Black Lives Rising to help young Black voters become […]
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