When learning the Heimlich maneuver can save the life of a loved one, friend, or a classmate! The uplifting news this week is about Kori Scott, a 9-year-old East Orange, New Jersey third-grader, who saved the life of her friend by using the Heimlich maneuver. Kori was eating lunch with her friend when she began […]
Derrick Rose is the latest athlete to give back to the community in a big way. On August 1, the NBA star announced he has started a college scholarship program, which will award more than $400,000 in tuition money. The Rose Scholars program will focus “on students who are civically minded and demonstrate a willingness […]
In 2016, Rodney Smith founded the nonprofit lawn care program in his hometown of Huntsville, Alabama. The Raising Men Lawn Care Service helps young people give back to their communities. There are currently over 130 kids in this program all over the US; as well as Canada, Bermuda and the UK. The program provides lawn […]
A father who works three jobs was determined to give his daughter the perfect eighth grade dance experience. BET reports, he previously told his daughter that the dress she wanted was too expensive and he wouldn’t be able to afford it. That all changed though when she showed up to one of her dads jobs. […]
30-year-old Mareena Robinson Snowden walked across the commencement stage at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on June 8 and became the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the university. “Grateful for every part of this experience — highs and lows,” she wrote on Instagram. “Every person who supported me and those […]
Boston appointed William G. Gross as its next police commissioner, making him the first African-American to hold the position.
Some good news to warm your Saturday.
Not many people would be willing to walk all night to get to work in the morning. But Walter Carr, a 20-year-old college student in Alabama did just that. Carr was hired by Bellhops moving company and was assigned to help a family move over the weekend. This was his very first assignment and his car […]
Teachers may be some of the most hard working, under appreciated people in the country. Courtney Adeleye and her husband decided to bless their daughters teacher with a car after they found out that she had been taking multiple buses to get to work for years. “When my husband tells me that the teacher who […]
In the George household in New Jersey, they are celebrating two valedictorians this year. Fraternal twins Malik and Miles George were co-valedictorians at their New Jersey high school. Neither of them has gotten a B since the third grade. CBS.com reports: The 18-year-old brothers from New Jersey delivered a rousing and light-hearted speech at their […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco Supervisor London Breed emerged victorious Wednesday to become the city’s first African-American woman mayor after narrowly defeating a rival who was seeking to become the first openly gay man in the position. It took eight days of counting after Election Day for Breed to build a large enough lead […]
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