According to Fox 47 news, a Lansing man has discovered the 70-year-old love letter that led his mother to move from the south to Michigan. Kenny Turner was born and raised in Lansing. He recently discovered a love letter from more than 70 years ago. That letter was written by his father, William Turner, to […] More
Issa Rae, the multi-hyphenate dynamo, has realized her destiny once more. Rae’s 2010 tweet, “When I grow up, I want to be a more successful version of me,” became part of Twitter’s “Tweet It Into Existence” marketing campaign. Since tweeting those words into existence, the media mogul has created the groundbreaking series Insecure, which featured […] More
In just five years, Brehanna Daniels says she has seen a lot of changes in her life. The Norfolk State women’s basketball point guard stated she never considered NASCAR as a sport, let alone a profession, while in college. But here she is, at the age of 27, on the NASCAR pit road, changing racing […] More
On the lists of young workers, retirement isn’t always a top priority. This 41-year-old single mother, on the other hand, did more than just fasten her suitcase. Lakisha Simmons, who worked since she was 14 years old and retired with over $1 million in her retirement fund ($850,000), has a story on CNBC. Simmons worked […] More
According to Black Enterprise, this man left the NFL to work as a train conductor. Keith Fitzhugh has long aspired to play in the NFL and would tell everyone that one day he will be able to do so. He was fortunate in that he had a fire for putting his thoughts into action. “I […] More
In August 2021, a fire station in Philadelphia came under fire for allegedly mocking the death of an 8-year-old Black kid killed by police in Delaware County. After audio of members throwing racial obscenities became public, the Briarcliffe Volunteer Fire Company in Delaware County was suspended. According to NBC News, the members also insulted Fanta […] More
After donning a Black Lives Matter (BLM) swimsuit, Leidy Gallona, a 12-year-old, was nearly disqualified from a swim meet over the weekend. Sarah Lyons, Gallona’s mother, describes how Leidy was inspired to design the BLM swimsuit after 22-year-old Amir Locke was shot and murdered by Minneapolis police last week. Furthermore, as a woman of color, […] More
TIME for Kids and Nickelodeon have picked Orion Jean, an 11-year-old Black entrepreneur, as the 2021 Kid of the Year. Young leaders who make a difference in their communities are honored as part of the program. Jean, a Texas native, was honored on the second-annual Kid of the Year TV special for his efforts in […] More
Stacey Abrams, a Democrat running for governor in Georgia, is battling other candidates over a photo of her in a classroom full of children without a mask on. Abrams met with children and teachers at Glenwood Elementary School in Decatur to kick off the school’s third annual African American read-in. Dr. Holly Brookins, the school’s […] More
According to the DailyMail, the Biden Administration is apparently completing the financing needed to provide crack pipes to drug users as part of its Hurt Discount Plan, as the unending battle over medication continues. The Department of Health and Human Services in the United States plans to provide money to programs that distribute crack pipes […] More
A Texas mother gave birth to six kids at a Houston hospital within nine minutes of each other. Between 4:50 a.m. and 4:50 a.m Thelma Chiaka welcomed two sets of twin boys and one set of twin girls. It is 4:59 a.m. on March 15 at The Woman’s Hospital of Texas, according to the hospital. […] More
According to The Chicago Sun-Times, the first Black woman to graduate from Grinnell College celebrated her 107th birthday. In Grinnell, Iowa, in 1914, Dr. Edith Renfrow Smith was born. She is the fifth of Lee and Eva Pearl Renfrow’s six children. Smith remembers a lot about her early upbringing for someone who has been alive […] More