By Tysheena Jackson and Victor Trammell Photo credits: Zandra Beauty Zandra Cunningham is soon to become one of the leading faces in skincare. At 18, the young entrepreneur just sealed a prodigious deal with Target, one of the leading department store and retail corporations in the United States. The retail giant will be selling Zandra’s […]
By Victor Trammell Photo credits: Blue Valley Northwest High School A former dance student at a Kansas City area high school is suing her former school district due to blatant racial discrimination she experienced as a member of the Blue Valley Northwest Dazzlers. Camille Sturdivant (pictured) graduated from Blue Valley Northwest High School in May […]
By Tysheena Jackson Photo credits: ShopDisney.com/Marvel Following the mass success and critical acclaim of Marvel’s Black Panther, last month Disney revealed its very own Shuri figure. Shuri, who has easily become a household name, is the younger sister of the film’s titular hero, T’Challa, making her Princess of Wakanda. Not only is she the creative […]
By Victor Trammell and Nomalanga Mhauli-Moses Photo credits: Paul Smith, Featureflash Photo Agency/Shutterstock Marsai Martin (pictured), the girl who plays the adorable Diane Johnson on ABC’s Black-ish has made a milestone move as a teen in the entertainment business. According to Entertainment Tonight, Martin, 14, will become Hollywood’s youngest executive producer for her contributions to […]
By Victor Trammell Photo credits: Business Insider A young man from the African nation of Kenya is the inventor of a revolutionary technological device, which assists people with hearing and speech impairments. Roy Allela (pictured right) is a mechanical engineer who has been honored by the most prominent American entity, which recognizes accomplishments made by […]
By Victor Trammell Photo credits: REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon After selling over a million copies and providing a wealth inspiration for women of color across the globe, Michelle Obama’s memoir Becoming will be an official curriculum component for black school girls. This wonderful education breakthrough was engineered by Lauren C. Mims, a doctoral candidate in the Educational Psychology: […]
By Victor Trammell Photo credits: Curvy Girl Publications/Melanin Boy Books The young son of a “mompreneur” who is an established author and book publisher became a best-selling author in his own right while overcoming a major obstacle after being diagnosed with a learning disability. Jamarion Rainey (pictured left) was diagnosed with ADHD in 2014. According […]
By Victor Trammell Photo credits: Black Enterprise Magazine (courtesy photo) A book written by a black American boy born from Georgia has become part of the official research library of the United States. According to Black Enterprise Magazine, Nicholas Buamah (pictured) recently had a book he wrote added to the archives of the U.S. Library […]
By Victor Trammell and Nomalanga Mhauli-Moses Photo credits: Fennell Adventures/Facebook An Atlanta, Georgia-based mother and her three children (two sons and a daughter) are a quartet of authors and publishers who have already reached literary magnate status with seven successful book releases. In addition to book writing and publishing, the Fennell Family (pictured) is also […]
By Victor Trammell and Nomalanga Mhauli-Moses Photo credits: Sol Sips/Instagram A black woman from New York City who is around the age of your average American college student is already running circles around her mediocre peers. Not only that, 22-year-old Francesca Chaney (pictured) has made the life-giving essential of clean and healthy eating the staple […]
By Victor Trammell and Nomalanga Mhauli-Moses Photo credits: Brad Parks/CNN From 2001 to 2010, the rate at which black children were diagnosed with ADHD increased by 70 percent, according to a study by Kaiser Permanente that was published in the JAMA Pediatrics medical journal. This very same study by the managed health care consortium also showed that […]
By Victor Trammell and Nomalanga Mhauli-Moses Photo credits: Fox 5 News (Atlanta) An adult employee at a high school in Atlanta, Georgia is in hot water after it was discovered that underage students were served brownies laced with marijuana, which were brought to school by the adult employee. According to Fox 5 Atlanta, administrators at […]