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Serena And Venus Williams To Executive Produce Documentary About Unsung Story Behind 1971 Women’s World Cup
Source: Emma McIntyre / Getty Legendary tennis stars Serena and Venus Williams have continually used their platforms to…
March 9, 2023
Howard University Receives $1M Gift To Expand Its Mechanical Engineering Program
Source: Laurence Dutton / Getty From pioneering physicist George Alcorn to trailblazing engineer Camille Wardrop Alleyne, Howard University…
March 9, 2023
Issa Rae’s Hilltop Coffee + Kitchen Opens Its Fourth Community-Driven Café In Los Angeles
Source: Aaron J. Thornton / Getty Issa Rae is taking her entrepreneurial endeavors to new heights. The creative…
March 9, 2023
Trailblazing Civil Rights Activist Pauli Murray To Be Featured On U.S. Quarter
Source: Bettmann / Getty The United States Mint is continuing to use its coinage to celebrate the legacies…
March 9, 2023
LaTosha Brown Shares Why ‘Joy Is Our Journey’ Matters For Black Girls
Black girls deserve to experience joy! That is the mantra by which Southern Black Girls and Women’s Consortium lives and does our work.
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March 9, 2023
Attica Uprising: How The U.S. Government’s Lies About Prison Rebellion Fueled Lingering Mistrust Of The System
A culture of mistrust of the government lingers more than a half-century after one of the worst prison riots in U.S. history.
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March 9, 2023
Mae Jemison Became The First Black Woman To Fly To Space On This Day In 1992
The accomplishment that landed American physician and former NASA astronaut Mae Carol Jemison into the annals of history is quite an inspiring feat. In September 12, 1999, Jemison fulfilled a lifelong dream she held ever since she was a small girl in Chicago by becoming the first African-American woman to fly into space.
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March 9, 2023
Never Forget: Anti-Apartheid Activist Steve Biko Was Murdered By South African Police On This Day In 1977
The suspicious details surrounding the 1977 death of anti-Apartheid activist and political prisoner Steve Biko took two decades to finally come to light.
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March 9, 2023
‘Dope Black Girls’ Honor Urban One Founder Cathy Hughes At Annual Brunch
The fifth annual Dope Black Girls Brunch honored five trailblazing women, including Urban One’s Founder and Chairperson Cathy Hughes.
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March 9, 2023
HBCU Athletes Are Getting NIL Deals, Too
Name, Image, and Likeness deals increasingly include Black college stars.
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March 9, 2023