Former Bennett College scholars will be able to step into the next chapter of their lives without carrying the weight of student debt thanks to a major boost from a collective of activists. The North Carolina-based HBCU received a $1.7 million donation to eradicate outstanding balances for hundreds of students. A debtors’ union erased the…
“You’re never going to play your best tennis in a Slam every moment of the match, but I think I’m getting better and better,” said Gauff. Quite a trip to Paris in the springtime for 18-year-old American Coco Gauff: She celebrated graduating from high school — an achievement saluted via social media by former first lady Michelle Obama…
A list of more than 300 Baltimore officers accused of corruption has raised tensions between police officials and District Attorney Marilyn Mosby. Baltimore’s police union said they plan to file a legal complaint against Mosby for releasing the list. The police commissioner said it would further damage the relationship between the department and the public….
Taft, Oklahoma, is almost 75% Black, according to World Population Review. Authorities said one person was killed and seven were injured in a shooting early Sunday at an outdoor festival in eastern Oklahoma, with a witness describing frantic people running for cover as the gunfire erupted. Two juveniles were among those shot at the Memorial…
Firearm Manufacturers under fire after Uvalde, Texas school shooting. Source: OLIVIER DOULIERY / Getty Americans have blamed many culprits, from mental illness to inadequate security, for the tragic mass shootings occurring with increasing frequency in schools, offices and theaters across the U.S. The latest, which occurred on May 24, 2022, at a Texas elementary school…
Handling the review is the department’s Office of Community Policing Services. The Justice Department said Sunday it will review the law enforcement response to the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 students and two teachers dead. The review comes amid mounting pressure and questions about the shifting and at times contradictory information about what…
Nearly 129 years ago, physician Georgia E. Lee Patton became one of the first Black women to graduate from Meharry Medical College; opening the door for generations of women to follow suit. Standing on her shoulders are scholars like Zindzi Thompson who became the youngest Black woman to earn a degree from the Nashville-based institution,…
Tami Roman had fans doing a double take on May 25 after debuting her new look. In the Instagram post, Roman, who rocked her blond pixie cut, was seen rocking a navy blue top and accessorized the ensemble with a full face of makeup and oversized sunglasses. Tami Roman’s latest look has fans mistaking her for Jada…
The Black-owned realty is making dreams of a Southern lifestyle a reality throughout western North Carolina, including the popular city of Asheville. Have you been fantasizing about making a home in the South? We’re talking warm temperatures, sunny skies, something not too far in or far out from the Outer Banks, and North Carolina is…
The legacy of a trailblazing doctor who broke racial barriers is being commemorated in Connecticut. According to the Stamford Advocate, Dr. Joyce Yerwood—the first Black woman physician in Fairfield County—will have a street named in her honor. Stamford’s first Black woman doctor made history in the 1940s. Now she’s getting a street named after her….
