2 Black Female Basketball Coaches Make History, Lead Teams to NCAA Women’s Final Four
Nationwide — History was made in NCAA Women’s Basketball when two Black coaches, Dawn Staley and Adia Barnes, led their teams into the Final Four for the first time since the tournament started in 1982. Staley, who is 50-years old, started her coaching career in…
First woman in New York to own water bottling plant is Black
Paulla McCarthy, a Black woman in New York, is the owner of a spring water bottling plant as well as the land from which the spring water is obtained, becoming the first woman in the state to do so. Water globally is becoming increasingly scarce…
The Road to Shedding My American Skin: An Introduction
The year is 2016. I am a college freshman, the month is September and, in a few weeks, the now Ex-President Donald Trump will be voted into the White House. At my east coast women’s liberal arts college, there is open support for Trump’s competition,…
A Sunny Day Grief Counseling and Support Group
When my cousin Charetta Walls lost her husband Billy in October of 2020 following a massive heart attack she was devastated. In addition to dealing with the shock and grief, she had to plan a funeral during a pandemic, handle her personal affairs and help…
Tax Strategist to Help Over 200 Minority First-Time Applicants Apply For PPP Business Loans
Nationwide — The BOSS Network in collaboration with Syreeta Inc. and the PPP Second Chance Program will assist more than 200 minority businesses to apply for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) by March 31st. Thousands of minority-owned small businesses were at the end of relief…
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…
Philly’s Original Dream Chaser Is Bringing Children Closer to Realizing Their Own Dreams
Philadelphia, PA – Recording Artist Meek Mill together with business mogul, 76ers partner Michael Rubin established a $2 million-dollar scholarship fund to support underserved students in the Philadelphia area. As the education system is often inequitable in inner-city areas, this fund aims to provide resources…
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…
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