Black men continue to make major strides in sports. Howard University’s Men’s Swimming and Diving Team just added another one. ABC News reported the team took home the 2023 title of the Northeast Conference Men’s Swimming and Diving champions – the first conference win for the team in 34 […]
Pharrell Williams on the red carpet (Axelle-Bauer-Griffin-FilmMagic-Getty Images) *He’s an uber musician and entrepreneur and now Pharrell Williams will now also be known as Louis Vuitton ’s artistic director of menswear. The news was confirmed on Tuesday (02-14-23). This means that Pharrell fill the high-profile vacancy that […]
For 17-year-old Gabriel Carothers of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Black History Month is not about the past because he’s making it in real time. When the teenager turned 17, he made history as the state’s youngest African-American licensed pilot. Gabriel Carothers is the youngest African-American licensed […]
David Balogun Screenshot: Facebook While most of us used the time inside during the COVID pandemic to eat and binge-watch shows on our favorite streaming platforms, 9-year-old David Balogun was doing big things. And I’m not talking about advancing to the next level in Minecraft. This […]
Kayden Hern, 9, brought an entire auditorium of people to their feet as he recited a poem he calls “In My Mind.” The young poet laureate shared what it’s like to be a young Black boy growing up in a post-George Floyd era. “Black is […]
Bates, co-founder of the Arkansas State Press newspaper, was a mentor to the nine students who integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957. A statue of late civil rights pioneer Daisy Bates is one step closer to being completed and replacing an image of […]