On every single day of Black History Month this February, we will provide you with a daily fact that occurred on the same day in a past year in history. Today’s Black History Month facts focus on the SCLC and the first black professional basketball team. – On this day …
Read More »Chicago High Schoolers Hold Sit-In After Teacher Told Student 'Go Back to Your County'
Photo: Shutterstock I simply feel like it should be a standard policy that racists shouldn’t be teachers. If you’re going to be an asshole at least have the decency to not be one towards children. Granted racists don’t know what decency is. Otherwise, they probably wouldn’t be racists. According to …
Read More »<em>P.S. I Still Love You</em> and What Comes After the Happy Ending
It’s an age-old romantic quandary: Once the initial excitement fades, even the most loving relationships can fall into a comfortable monotony. Peter Kavinsky’s got it especially tough. After all, how do you dazzle a girl when you’ve already posed as her fake boyfriend, twirled her around the high-school cafeteria with …
Read More »Kent State Will Give Free Tuition To I PROMISE Students
On Wednesday (February 12), Kent State University announced it has partnered with the LeBron James Family Foundation to provide free tuition for four years to all eligible students from James’ I PROMISE school. Students who take up the offer will also receive free room and board for a year. “The …
Read More »Chief HR Officer Kerry Chandler Now Knows That Nagging Inner Voice Is Really Her Higher Power
Featuring a broad cross-section of women who have distinguished themselves across a rich variety of careers, our Portraits of Power series is a celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Black Enterprise, and of black women. It’s a place for today’s businesswomen to share their own favorite images and their own …
Read More »A Grand Slam for Glamour: Serena Williams Stages an Intimate Showing at New York Fashion Week
Serena Williams, center, with models for the S by Serena presentation during New York Fashion Week: The Shows on Feb. 12, 2020, in New York City.Photo: Dia Dipasupil (Getty Images) Who’s our No. 1 stunner on and off the tennis court? Without a doubt, it’s Serena Williams, who has been …
Read More »Coronavirus Is a Data Time Bomb
That very trade war led some companies to move their supply chains to other Asian countries, but China remains the beating heart of manufacturing and assembly for the world’s goods. “Suddenly, all supply chains seem vulnerable because so many Chinese supply chains within supply chains within supply chains rely on …
Read More »Woman Marries Her Longtime Love Before He Begins Hospice
Corey Cunningham had a seizure last October while he was working in a refinery in St. Croix, Virgin Islands and evacuated to a hospital in Puerto Rico. He would later learn that his prognosis was grim – there was no cure for his stage 4 glioblastoma, and with treatment, his …
Read More »Sommelier Titus Green is Breaking Barriers in the Wine Industry
Sommeliers possess unique knowledge and experience that allows them to pair food and wine with unmatched skill. While all must undergo rigorous preparation, few become credentialed by the renowned Court of Master Sommeliers, which sets the gold standard of excellence for beverage service within the hospitality industry with integrity, exemplary …
Read More »A Nurse Accused An Inmate of Faking His Illness. Days Later He Died
Photo: Shutterstock Another day and unfortunately, another unnecessary death of a young black man. KMOV reports that Lamar Catchings, a 20-year-old man, died on March 1, 2019 in the St. Louis County Jail. A report released by the county has revealed new details surrounding the young man’s death. The report …
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