A Black-owned autonomous grocery store where shoppers can check in and out without human store assistance is being advertised as a panacea to food deserts across the United States. The store brand, Nourish+Bloom Market, is…
There is a widely held consensus that US and European fashion products and marketing can be forgetful of Black women. For instance, at times, Black women’s natural hair can come across as unmanageable. Many over-the-counter…
In 2022, Pharrell Williams wiped the student loans of five NAACP student leaders during the start of his Something in the Water Festival. He surprised Robyn Hughes, Damarius Davis, Jamie Turner, Channing Hill, and Davan…
Despite living in one of the most repressive eras in American history, Samuel B. “SB” Fuller ardently believed that anyone in America could prosper through hard work, dedication and entrepreneurship. His rise in the business…
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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