For the first time in its 142-year history, The Art Institute of Chicago has a Black woman board chair.
Clark Atlanta University recently unveiled an initiative centered on recruiting future HBCU presidents.
Mother-daughter duo Anastasia Linkpon and Adriane Mack are using their entrepreneurial journeys to inspire Black youth to create generational wealth.
Steph Curry is making sure Lee Elder gets his flowers.
The trial outcome of George Floyd’s murderer was a relief – until it wasn’t. On the heels of the verdict, we now say the name of yet another young life viciously stolen by state violence: 16-year old Ma’Khia Bryant.
Civil rights leaders rejoiced that Derek Chauvin was convicted for killing George Floyd. But their collective sigh of relief was tempered as they reminded people that the fight for equality and justice is far from over.
People don’t have to agree with Waters’ statements or actions, but to claim she’s inciting violence is a logical leap deeply rooted in white supremacy and manipulation of facts.
The Boeing Company has invested $250,000 in Flikshop; a platform designed to combat recidivism.
Sydney Poitier became the first African American man to win an Oscar on this day in 1964. Poitier wins the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his role as a construction worker who helps build a chapel in the 1963 film Lilies of the Field on April 13, 1964.
A bill has been proposed to award the Harlem Hellfighters with a Congressional Gold Medal.
The Black-owned beauty brand Mielle Organics recently secured a $100 million investment.
