“Winning this competition is bigger than just the prize money,” co-founder Justin Turk says as he looks to scale Livegistics Pharrell Williams has named Black tech entrepreneurs Justin Turk and Andre Davis the grand prize recipients of his Black Ambition initiative. The two will receive $1 million for their company, Livegistics, the company announced in…
Martine Moïse, the wife of Haiti’s assassinated president who was injured in the July 7 attack at their private home, returned to the Caribbean nation on Saturday following her release from a Miami hospital. Her arrival was unannounced and surprised many in the country of more than 11 million people still reeling from the killing…
Sherri Shepherd makes for another talent out of several others who have discussed the lack of diversity and/or experiences as a Black actor on the set of “Friends.” On Friday, July 16, Shepherd spoke about her experience being a guest on the show. She told People magazine, “I had a wonderful time on ‘Friends.’ I…
Tokyo Games set to open on Friday Two South African soccer players have become the first athletes inside the Olympic Village to test positive for COVID-19, with the Tokyo Games opening on Friday. Organizers confirmed the positive tests on Sunday but didn’t identify the athletes other than to say they were non-Japanese. The South African…
“The Confederacy has surrendered,” attorney Jerome Moroux says Spectators cheered Saturday as a stone statue of a Confederate general was hoisted by a crane and removed from a pedestal where it stood for 99 years in front of a city hall in south Louisiana. The Advertiser posted video of the work that happened a day after United…
Esusu receives an undisclosed amount from Serena Williams’ venture capital firm in the start-up’s first funding round Serena Williams may not be playing much tennis this summer, but she is still keeping busy. The tennis superstar recently announced she is investing in fintech start-up Esusu, as reported by CNBC. According to the company’s webpage, Esusu…
The shooting comes as Washington, D.C., like many other cities in the U.S., is facing a rising number of violent crimes and homicides The game between the San Diego Padres and Washington Nationals was suspended in the sixth inning Saturday night after a shooting outside Nationals Park that caused echoes of gunfire inside the stadium…
Detroit gets hit with more heavy rainfall weeks after thousands of basements were left flooded Steady rain drenched the Detroit area Friday, flooding highways and raising the anxiety of frustrated residents whose homes filled with water again exactly three weeks after thousands of basements were wrecked by sewage from a tremendous storm. A downtown ramp to M-10,…
Source: Susan Winters Cook / Getty UPDATED: 6:30 a.m. ET, July 18, 2021 Sunday would have been Nelson Mandela‘s 103rd birthday. From his early days as a foot soldier in the struggle for racial equality to his years as an elder statesman in South Africa, Mandela spoke many truths that still ring true today. The…
We stand on the shoulders of those who came before us. A woman whose achievements shaped an Iowa county recently received a posthumous honor. According to NPR, Johnson County was renamed after Black educator and historian Lulu Merle Johnson. The county will now be named after Lulu Merle Johnson, a professor and historian who was…
