Kaiser Permanente has announced the promotion of Greg Holmes to Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Effective 1st October 2023, he will report directly to Greg Adams, Kaiser Permanente’s Chair and CEO. In…
Beyoncé’s film production company, Parkwood Entertainment, in collaboration with AMC Theatres Distribution, has announced that Beyoncé’s wildly successful Renaissance World Tour will be released in movie theaters. Starting from December 1, 2023, the record-breaking tour…
Former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka, who has been absent from the professional tennis circuit for over a year since her last appearance in the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo in September 2022, has…
Thasunda Brown Duckett has been recognized as one of the 2023 most powerful women in finance by American Banker, maintaining her impressive number 3 ranking from 2022. The list pays homage to women who lead…
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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