NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson is one of the nation’s hidden figures.  She made history as one of the first Black women to work as a NASA scientist. In 1961, Johnson calculations put the first U.S. astronaut in space, Alan B. Shepard. For over 30 years, she used her math capabilities …

An aerial view from a drone shows electrical power lines running through a neighborhood on February 19, 2021 in Austin, Texas. Amid days of nationwide frigid winter storms in which 58 people died, more than 4 million Texans were without power for much of the past week, with about 13 …

A couple years after that, Will joined the group. Will Smith: Jim invited me to join because he knew that I did a lot of hiking and outdoor things as well. Read: The nature cure Rodney Follin: He’s been with us for 15 or more of the 25 years that …

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0 (Image Credit: Instagram/missamericame) Carolyn Brady made history as the first black woman to win the title of Miss Maine. Now, the talented violinist is using her platform to support Black businesses. “I think if we have the opportunity to choose where we put our dollar and we can invest …

In 1983, Vanessa Williams made history as the first Black woman to be crowned Miss America.  But while she received excessive racist backlash from white people, angered that a Black woman would hold the title, there were also some in the Black community who were outraged by her winning the …

Photo: OFC Pictures (Shutterstock) Time and time again, police officers across America prove that they are utterly useless when it comes to dealing with conflicts involving the most vulnerable among us. It doesn’t have to be all cops; there have been enough instances where officers arrived on scenes where no …

Beyoncé‘s BeyGOOD Foundation has teamed up with adidas and Bread of Life, a Houston disaster relief organization, to help provide immediate relief to Texans amid a historic Winter Storm. The Houston native is helping fellow Texans after a winter storm left millions without electricity, heat and water for several days. …

Photographs by Joseph Rodríguez “Police work is doing what people in the city want done,” Willie Williams, the Los Angeles Police Department chief, told me in 1994. Williams, the agency’s first Black chief, had been brought in from Philadelphia to make changes after LAPD officers beat Rodney King in 1991, …