Child prodigy Blue Ivy Carter has been announced as one of the voice actors on the upcoming film Mufasa, a prequel to the 2019 live action animation The Lion King. The latter saw her mother…
A Black-owned streaming platform, kweliTV, will crowdfund for hundreds of Black content creators whose content will be broadcast on the platform in a remarkable bid to give visibility to Black ingenuity, the platform has announced.…
Cathy Hughes’ Urban One is set to acquire four radio stations from Cox Media Group (CMG) as part of its evolving strategy. It has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the company’s Houston radio cluster.…
At 19 years old, Ramona Hood was a single mother in search of employment. She needed a job that could provide for her six-week-old daughter and allow her to take night classes. To transition from…
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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