NFL’s First Black Woman Referee
Nationwide — Maia Chaka, a graduate from Norfolk State University, has made history by becoming the first Black woman to referee an NFL game since 1920 when the league was founded. “I am honored to be selected as an NFL official,” Chaka said in a…
Tony Award-Winning Black Actress Produces Horror Film About American Politics
Nationwide — Tony award-winning Black actress Tonya Pinkins has written, directed, and produced her first feature film that was released this fall. Red Pill, a horror, was from its inception in 2019 a terrifying wake-up call about American politics. The remarkably prescient film about the…
TikTok to Donate $1M Apiece to 10 Academic Institutions
News Wire – TikTok continued its Health Heroes Relief Fund efforts with Wednesday’s news that it will donate $1 million apiece to 10 academic institutions that serve underrepresented students with programs focused on public health and professions in the medical and healthcare fields. The funds…
Beyond the no-knock: Push in states to reform police tactics
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — After a year marked by police killings of Black men and women and mass civil unrest over racial injustice, some activists are taking aim at police tactics that can lead to deadly middle-of-the-night raids they say are used overwhelmingly in communities of…
MLB reclassifies Negro Leagues as Major League
NEW YORK (AP) — Willie Mays will add some hits to his record, Monte Irvin’s big league batting average should climb over .300 and Satchel Paige may add nearly 150 victories to his total. Josh Gibson, the greatest of all Negro League sluggers, might just…
This New Yorker Spent $65,000 Buying Art to Support Fellow Artists Struggling in the Pandemic
New York, NY – Like almost no other event within living memory, the COVID-19 pandemic has painted our world with a very dark brush. While there finally appears to be light at the end of the medical tunnel coming from the scientific quarter, during our most troubling…
Black-Owned Greeting Card Brand Now Offers In-Store Pickup at Walgreens
Nationwide — Dr. Dionne Mahaffey, founder of Culture Greetings, a woman-led and Black-owned greeting card company, announces the launch of a new print-to-store integration partnership with Walgreens. Through the technology integration with the Walgreens Photo Prints and Store Locator APIs, in addition to the Culture…
3 Black Fathers Launch Roku Channel With 13 Shows to Address the Lack of Diversity in News Programming
Lancaster Country, PA -– Three years ago, three black fathers, Marquis Lupton, William Way Jr., and Brandon Way Sr. decided to do something about the lack of diversity in their regional news stations. Building off of Marquis’ decade long journalism career, the three fathers decided…
Black Women Founders Launch New Online Directory That Connects People of Color with Therapists of Color
Baltimore, MD — Lisa Savage and Kim Knight, the founders of Clinicians of Color, LLC, have unveiled an online mental health directory that connects consumers of color with therapists of color. The Clinicians of Color directory targets the Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) community…
Jay-Z’s Roc Nation forms book publisher with Random House
NEW YORK (AP) — A decade after publishing his memoir “Decoded,” Jay-Z is forming a more lasting partnership with the book industry. Roc Nation, the entertainment company founded by the rapper, is starting an imprint with Random House called Roc Lit 101. In a joint…
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