NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Barack Obama will deliver a televised prime-time commencement address for the high school Class of 2020 during an hour-long event that will also feature LeBron James, Malala Yousafzai and Ben Platt, among others. ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC will simultaneously air the special May 16 at 8 p.m. Eastern […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi teenager with a talent for writing is receiving a full-ride college scholarship named for the author of “The Hate U Give.” Belhaven University is awarding its first Angie Thomas Writers Scholarship to Imani Skipwith of Jackson, the university announced Tuesday. Skipwith will be graduating from the Mississippi School of […]
In collaboration with the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, #ColoringWithRuth is the perfect lockdown activity created in our own beautiful melanated image.
High school football coach Keanon Lowe has been selected as one of six individuals to receive the Citizen Honor Award by the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. Coach Lowe, a former San Francisco 49ers offensive analyst, is set to receive the honor nearly a year after he stopped a student from shooting up his Oregon high school. […]
Years ago, Myron Rolle gave up football for a career in medicine. Now, he’s using his expertise to fight the coronavirus pandemic. The former Rhodes Scholar and Tennessee Titans safety is now a doctor and third-year neurosurgery resident in Boston on the front lines at Massachusetts General Hospital. “I went down to the emergency department, and as […]
Seven-year-old Cavanaugh Bell of Gaithersburg, Md., is showing maturity and selflessness in response to the coronavirus crisis. According to Fox 5, Bell saved up money from two birthdays and two Christmases, amounting to $600, to purchase and package 65 “COVID-19 Carepacks” as well as 31 hot meals from local restaurant Buca Di Beppo. He took it […]
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David and Aaron Cabella, 24-year-old twin brothers from Philadelphia, aimed to fill a void by creating a business that will help get other Black-owned businesses’ products to consumers. Black and Mobile and launched on August 1 through an app the pair developed. David began learning entrepreneurship at a young age and taught himself how to design websites […]
Mo’ne Davis caught the world’s attention 5 years ago when she was 13-years-old. She was a Little League Baseball pitcher who was the first African American girl to play in the Little league world series and she threw 2 shut outs. Now, 5 years later she’s preparing to start her freshman year at Hampton University on […]
The first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal in swimming continues to make history.
Tennessee finally has a black pageant Queen!
