A senior who spent ten years in a refugee camp graduates at the top of her class in the United States and receives $240,000 in scholarships.
Juliane Lukambo, a standout student at Northland High School in Ohio, is headed to the University of Dayton in the fall A high school graduate in Ohio, who…
Harvard Divinity School selects first Black woman as dean
A cultural anthropologist of the Black religious experience has been named dean of the Harvard Divinity School, effective Jan. 1. Marla Frederick, a professor of religion and culture…
“Double The Leadership”: For The First Time, Black Sibling Principals Lead Schools In This South Carolina School District
They’re a force when they’re together! Dr. Tracy Pickett has been a principal for eight years at Pine Grove Elementary School in South Carolina’s Richland County School District One,” ABC Columbia reports….
Business owner and baker, Jennifer Young, just made history by opening the airport’s first Black woman-owned bakery!
Jennifer Young is making Tallahassee International Airport a little sweeter now that she’s opened the airport’s first Black woman-owned bakery. Young first founded TC Bakery in her kitchen…
A Single Dad Adopts An Abandoned Orphan And 13 Years Later, His Son Repays The Favor By Becoming An Olympic Champion
Jerry Windle, a single gay man, was constantly told by people that he would never be a father. He hardly believed himself that he would ever become a dad, but one day his life changed completely. His parental…
‘Undercover Boss’ Finds Out His Employee Is Homeless And Surprises Her With Life-Changing News
Sometimes fate just doesn’t work in our favor. Angel, a mother of three, knows exactly what that feels like. When Angel, a sales associate at Modell’s Sporting…
Young Woman Becomes a Pilot After 12 Years as a Waitress: “I Want To Be One Of Those Few Women Who Are Pilots,”
A 35-year-old Zimbabwean woman named Precious Sibalo has finally become a certified pilot after 12 years of caring for passengers as a flight waitress. Precious had always wanted…
MOVIN’ ON UP! NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR SELECTS BLACK WOMAN AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
New Jersey has a new lieutenant governor. Tahesha Way, the former secretary of state, has been promoted to the office following the death of Shelia Oliver, POLITICO reports. She is…
The first Black woman to receive several Oscars is Ruth E. Carter.
Costume designer Ruth E. Carter just became the first Black woman to win two Oscars. Carter won her second Oscar for costume design for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” In 2019, she became…
Twila Grosse becomes first Black woman appointed to cabinet as Houston makes some changes ahead of the fall meeting of the house
Nova scotia made some historic changes to its cabinet today, as Premier Tim Houston appointed three new ministers. Newly elected MLA of Preston, Twila Grosse, was named the…