Public Figures

The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) launched their month-long initiative titled “HBCU Bound,” in celebration of high school graduates heading to HBCUs in conjunction with former First Lady Michelle Obama’s ongoing “College Signing Day” campaign. Read more details about the celebrities supporting this cause inside.

HBCU News

Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at her first HBCU commencement since becoming VP of the United States.

Good News

Former first lady Michelle Obama announced the Obama Presidential Center Museum will harbor an exhibit inspired by her mother Marian Robinson.

Coretta Scott King’s birthday is a chance to revisit her legacy as a steward of peace and justice.

Vice President Kamala Harris will soon be sharing her knowledge on politics, policy and personal endeavors as a woman of color when she takes the stage at Tennessee State University on May 7 to deliver the commencement speech for roughly 900 graduates. 

Holiday

This is the first time the vice president was able to attend an Easter service in person due to COVID-19. 

On Friday, April 22nd we celebrate a milestone — the 75th birthday of a mother, grandmother, friend, sister, family member, the Founder and Matriarch of the largest Black-owned media conglomerate, Urban One, formerly known as Radio One, Ms. Cathy Hughes. From humble beginnings to building the largest African-American-owned and operated broadcast company in the nation, […]

News

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has tested positive for COVID-19. The Mayor himself announced that he woke with a raspy throat on Sunday morning (April 10) and says he has no other symptoms.

To make sure we always have a way to look back and celebrate this wonderful accomplishment, we've created a photo album of the confirmation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Mayor Muriel Bowser shared via twitter Thursday morning that she tested positive for COVID-19 and followed with more tweets saying she would “work at home while following isolation protocols.”

Good News

Trailblazing aviator Bessie Coleman—the first Black woman to earn an international pilot’s license—will be featured on the U.S. quarter.

With just one week left in Women's History Month, Senator Corey Booker (D-NJ) gave a speech during the hearing of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson that gave her all the respect and honor she's earned — or, in his now-famous words, "worthy" of.