Being the First As A Black Woman
Ashanti Goler longs for the day when a Black woman’s stellar achievement is not a marvel because she’s “the first” but because her extraordinary brilliance is “the standard” for others to emulate.
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Ralph Lauren Honors HBCU Collaboration with Wearable Legacy
Polo Ralph Lauren introduces new collection that builds upon its historic partnership with Morehouse and Spelman Colleges.
The House Passes the CROWN Act
The CROWN ACT aims to end hair discrimination; after a long fight on March 18th, the CROWN Act was finally passed in the US House.
Suburban Moms Working to Stop Book Bans in Schools
Red Wine and Blue is a coalition of suburban moms, highlighting and creating change in the book bans of racially themed books in education.
Black Journalists Launched Their Own Publication – Here’s Why
Black journalists fed up with the performative activism of black issues aimed at the white reader decided to create Capital B. Journalism for and about Black people.
The Legacy of Madam C.J Walker’s Beauty Brand Lives On
Madam C.J Walkers had such an impactful hand in Black History that her legacy lives on today in her Beauty line, Madam, which inspires the Gen Z consumer.
Netflix’s ‘Passing’ Reveals The Hidden Lives of Black People Living As White
Colorism. Codeswitching. The tragic Mulatto. All these constructs surface in director Rebecca Hall’s Passing, a Netflix cinematic journey that wrenches at racism internalized and turned outward.
“My name was cleared. I’m no longer a juvenile delinquent at 82.”
Six months before Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin was arrested for defying Jim Crow on a city bus. More than 60 years later, Colvin's arrest record has finally been expunged.
Maya Angelou — First Black Woman to be Featured on a U.S. Quarter
The Maya Angelou design is the first quarter in the "American Women Quarters Program," a four-year program that will include coins featuring prominent women in U.S. history.
New Statue Of Harriet Tubman Unveiled in Philadelphia
Harriet Tubman, Moses of Black America and freedom fighter, immortalized in a new nine-foot statue at Philadelphia's City Hall.
