Murhaf Hamid smashed a charity fundraising record when he raised $233,000 for charity. The 11-year-old Swedish asylum seeker raised the money by selling paper flower pins. This is totally outstanding. We have never ever seen…
Laila Edwards has become the first Black woman to play for the United States Senior National hockey team. The 19-year-old sophomore at the University of Wisconsin played her first game with the team against Canada…
Yusef Salaam has been elected to a seat on the New York City Council to represent the central Harlem district. A political newcomer, he was unopposed in the election and won the competitive Democratic primary…
Cherelle Parker has been elected as the next mayor of Philadelphia. She is the 100th mayor of the city and the first woman to hold the office. Who is Cherelle Parker going to be? A…
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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