Aretha Franklin was born and came into fame during the era of segregation, and she went on to sing at Barack Obama’s inauguration. She used her talent and platform to inspire millions and fight for equality. Franklin was a confidante of the Rev. Martin Luther […]
Mellody Hobson climbed another rung on the ladder of success in the Fortune 500 business world, as she solidified her role on Starbucks’ board while holding down two other top board memberships. Few African-Americans have multiple board membership on the nation’s wealthiest companies. Starbucks’ board of […]
Michael Purnell, founder of Sievent Michael Purnell, an African American entrepreneur from Sacramento, California, established a startup after discovering that there are a lot of good, beneficial events in every area but people aren’t even aware of it due to marketing limitations. So, he created Sievent,, an […]
It was a monstrous task to create the African-inspired futuristic costumes in “Black Panther,” the highest-grossing superhero movie in U.S. history. Costume designer Ruth Carter led the noble charge like one of the movie’s bald, female warriors. The costumes had to be spellbinding but functional, […]
In February, an incident between 39-year-old Mark Daniels and a few Pittsburgh police officers left Daniels dead. At a news conference this week, Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala said that Daniels’s fatal shooting was justified, claiming Daniels fired the first shots at the officers, […]
Denmark unveiled their first public statue of a black woman Saturday at the Danish West India Warehouse in Copenhagen, according to a statement released by the artists. Artists Jeannette Ehlers and La Vaughn Belle created a 23-feet sculpture that showcases a woman sitting bold and […]
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