Dr. Cynthia Jackson-Hammond is the first female and eighth president of Ohio’s Central State University, an important milestone in the university’s 126-year history. Her career in higher education began in 1987 as an instructor of developmental reading at the University of Louisiana, Monroe. She then advanced to Assistant Professor in the Department of Education, served as […]
HelloBeautiful’s Shamika Sanders explains how she is making Black history.
Girls don’t like science. Girls don’t code. Girls don’t build computer apps. In fields dominated by white and Asian men, women and young girls interested in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) might believe those stereotypes which ultimately lead them to other interests. Combine this with limited access in underrepresented communities, it’s an even tougher […]
Erika James was appointed Dean of Goizueta Business School in May 2014, becoming only one of three African American’s deans at an American colleges of business. She’s also the first minority woman to head a full-time MBA program at a top-25 business school. Prior to her position at Emory, James served as Senior Associate Dean for Executive Education […]
Most of us use Wikipedia whenever we need our memories refreshed or some quick information on various people and topics. So much can be discovered while you’re…
We have compiled a list of ten black [and some not so black] films that shifted not only the world of cinema but culture as a whole. Do The Right Thing, 1989 Probably the most popular Spike Lee movie to-date, Do The Right Thing was both commercially and critically acclaimed, landing Lee with an Oscar […]
If you haven’t heard of Gregory Porter, allow us to introduce you to the Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actor. Raised in Bakersfield, California, Porter’s is a product of a single parent home where he was one of eight children reared by his mother. Growing up in California, Porter and his brother had a few run ins […]
Parents died by age seven. Married by 14. Widowed at age 20. From all angles, this sounds like a life that was off to a…
Director Ava DuVernay has only made four movies, but she’s already broken barriers in the film industry. The one-time film publicist harbored a desire to make her own movies, and finally did with the breakout success of her first film, I Will Follow, made independently on a limited budget. When she was faced with distribution […]
An early interest in books and writing essays as punishment worked oddly in Ta-Nehisi Coates‘ favor. As national correspondent at The Atlantic, he writes about culture, politics and social issues. His work can also be found in The Village Voice, Washington City Paper, O Magazine and other notable publications. The Baltimore, Maryland native is the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — “The Book of Negroes” tells the story of an 11-year-old girl kidnapped from West Africa in the 18th century who became a slave on a South Carolina plantation, an activist in New York City and a recipient of a harsh brand of freedom in Halifax before facing more peril on her […]
Words can be a powerful tool for change. Here are 10 speeches by African-Americans whose words impacted everyone who heard them. President Obama’s 2009 Inaugural Address Many believed we would never see a Black President, so on January 20, 2009 when Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, […]
