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
For unknown reasons, a well-known sports reporter is cutting short his coverage of the Olympics. According to the Associated Press, NBC’s prime-time Olympic sportscaster, Mike Tirico, who was originally planned to be in Beijing until Thursday, will return to the United States following the Monday night broadcast. Tirico’s schedule was susceptible to change due to […] 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
According to the medical examiner, years of heavy drinking led to the death of Anthony Johnson. It’s something his wife wanted people to know. The cause of death for the “Friday” star is “chronic ethanol use,” according to his autopsy report, which was acquired by TMZ. When officials did a toxicology test on the doctor, […] More
Aside from Lebron James, Rich Paul may be the most powerful person in sports, yet he can’t dunk to save his life. The KLUTCH Sports Group, run by the multi-millionaire sports agent, has taken the sports world by storm. Kevin KLUTCH Sports, which represents some of the sport’s biggest names, started as Lebron James’ agent […] More
Valerie Thomas is possibly responsible for your enjoyment of Avatar in 2009 or Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over as a child. She was the NASA scientist that made 3D movies possible, and she was a Black woman. She worked on several innovative projects while at the aeronautics institute and received multiple accolades, including the Goddard […] More
Taraji P. Henson, an actress and novelist, acted in the historical drama Hidden Figures as Katherine Johnson, a real-life African-American mathematician whose work aided NASA, the space race, and the advancement of science. Taraji’s great-great uncle, Matthew Alexander Henson, was also an important figure in the fields of science and exploration, which is an interesting […] More
The world has created a large number of geniuses, and black children are among them. Ramarni Wilfred, Anala Beevers, and Alannah George, three black geniuses, have the highest IQs ever recorded in the world. These children are Mensa members, the world’s oldest high-IQ society. Ramarni’s IQ is 162, which is greater than Albert Einstein’s and […] More
Fred Smith was told as a child that he resembled his father. “Everywhere I would go as a kid, people would just see me and automatically know who I was because I looked like my dad,” the 35-year-old, a former sergeant in the U.S. Marines, tells PEOPLE of his father, Fred Smith, Sr. Even today, […] More