Uplifting News

Uplifting News: 9-Year-Old Saves Classmate With The Heimlich Maneuver

When learning the Heimlich maneuver can save the life of a loved one, friend, or a classmate! The uplifting news…
NBA Star Derrick Rose Announces New Scholarship Fund

Derrick Rose is the latest athlete to give back to the community in a big way. On August 1, the…
Uplifting News: Alabama Man Creates Lawn Service Non Profit To Help Others

In 2016, Rodney Smith founded the nonprofit lawn care program in his hometown of Huntsville, Alabama. The Raising Men Lawn…
Cue The Tissues! Dad Worked Three Jobs To Buy His Daughter’s Dream Dress [Video]

A father who works three jobs was determined to give his daughter the perfect eighth grade dance experience. BET reports,…
Meet The First Black Woman To Earn A PhD In Nuclear Engineering From MIT

30-year-old Mareena Robinson Snowden walked across the commencement stage at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on June 8 and became…
William Gross Becomes Boston’s First Black Police Commissioner

Boston appointed William G. Gross as its next police commissioner, making him the first African-American to hold the position.
Minneapolis Community Helps 13-Year-Old Entrepreneur After Complaints

Some good news to warm your Saturday.
Man Who Walked 20 Miles To Work Gifted A Car

Not many people would be willing to walk all night to get to work in the morning. But Walter Carr, a…
Parents Buy Car For Teacher Who’d Been Taking The Bus

Teachers may be some of the most hard working, under appreciated people in the country. Courtney Adeleye and her husband…
New Jersey Valedictorian Twins Get Into Their Top School

In the George household in New Jersey, they are celebrating two valedictorians this year. Fraternal twins Malik and Miles George…
London Breed Becomes San Francisco’s First Black Female Mayor

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco Supervisor London Breed emerged victorious Wednesday to become the city’s first African-American woman mayor…
Single Mom Graduates Harvard Law School After Going Into Labor During Final Exam

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