Source: Aaron J. Thornton / Getty Issa Rae is taking her entrepreneurial endeavors to new heights. The creative visionary recently opened the fourth location for her community-driven collective of cafés Hilltop Coffee + Kitchen, Forbes reported. Issa Rae celebrated the opening of Hilltop Kitchen + Coffee, located on historic Hill Street in Downtown LA. #ESSENCE…
Source: Laurence Dutton / Getty From pioneering physicist George Alcorn to trailblazing engineer Camille Wardrop Alleyne, Howard University has a legacy of nurturing generations of STEM innovators. The Washington, D.C.-based historically Black university will be able to elevate and expand its efforts to empower budding mechanical engineers through a $1 million gift from Autodesk Inc….
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Serena Williams’ mini-me, daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr., may not be following in her tennis footsteps after all. Fans, and maybe even Serena and their […]
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Black students reported stress as a result of trying to downplay their cultural identities. Halfpoint Images In her forthcoming book, “The Impact of College Diversity: Struggles and Successes at Age 30,” Amherst College psychology professor Elizabeth Aries discovered a disturbing dual reality for Black students going to the small, private liberal arts college where she…
