Source: wikimedia / wikimedia Amanda Ira Aldridge was a remarkable African-American operatic soprano singer who lived in the late 19th and early 20th century. Born in 1866 in London, England, she was the daughter of Ira Aldridge, a well-known African-American Shakespearean actor. Amanda Aldridge’s talent and hard work helped her to break down barriers and…

Source: Ridofranz / Getty Women and girls around the world are showing out for Women’s History Month this year. Two Black teens from New Orleans do the unthinkable by solving a math problem believed to be unsolvable for 2,000 years. Read more about these two amazing high school students inside. Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson…

Jodie Turner-Smith at the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party held at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 12, 2023, in Beverly Hills, California. | Source: Alberto Rodriguez / Getty Jodie Turner-Smith is doing her part to help dismantle mental barriers when it comes to skin color. The British actress recently explained…

Source: WLBT/Twitter You might have heard by now that white Mississippi broadcaster Barbie Bassett has not been on the air for NBC affiliate WLBT since March 8, the day she uttered the words “Fo shizzle, my nizzle” after her co-hosts joked about a possible Snoop Dogg collaboration on the news show. Apparently, Bassett was fired…