FUBU Studios has formed a $450 million, 30-picture partnership with Pantheum Studios, a subsidiary of Euldora Financial. The three-year deal aims to highlight diverse voices and perspectives, push creative boundaries, and inspire audiences worldwide. It…
90-year-old Ed Dwight has finally made history as the oldest person to go to space. In what he described as “a life-changing experience,” the former Air Force captain reached the edge of space for about…
The Biden-Harris Administration has announced unprecedented federal funding and investments in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), totaling more than $16 billion. This marks a significant increase from an initial $7 billion allocation for these…
Madison Crowell, an 18-year-old from Hinesville, Georgia, is perhaps overachieving her dream of attending college. After applying to hundreds of schools, she was accepted into 231 of them and received an astonishing $14.7 million in…
NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston has named a new building after its first Black manager, Dorothy Vaughan. Building 12 was named the “Dorothy Vaughan Center in Honor of the Women of Apollo” in honor…
Track and field star Allyson Felix has received a $20 million grant from Melinda French Gates to support Black maternal health organizations. The donation is a part of a broader $1 billion commitment to support…
The Essence Festival of Culture recently held at the Caesars Superdome generated a windfall of over $300 million for New Orleans, according to the city’s mayor. The festival, which celebrates African American culture, blends music…
Ghanaian doctor Nancy Abu-Bonsrah has made history, becoming the first Black woman to graduate from Johns Hopkins University’s neurosurgery program. She pursued her clinical interests in neurosurgery, neurotrauma and neurosurgical capacity building in low-and-middle-income countries.…
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