Dana Bolden, a high school senior at Jim Hill High School in Jackson, Mississippi has secured over $1.4 million in college scholarships. “Once school started, I just decided to go ahead and knock it out…
Dr. Africa Wallace has been named the president of the Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society (ECTSS). She is the first Black woman to hold this position in the health professional body’s 60 year history and the…
Missy Elliott has made history by becoming the first woman rapper to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The Grammy Award winner joins an illustrious club of hip-hop artists such as…
Democrat Gabe Amo has won the special election for Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District, making double history as the first person of color to represent the state in Congress and the first-ever Ghanaian-American elected to…
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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