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0 (Image Credit: Instagram/BrianOHemphill) Dr. Brian Hemphill will make history as Old Dominion University’s first Black president since the school was established in 1930. He’ll take over this August as the ninth president of the University. Hemphill will succeed Dr. John Broerick, who announced his retirement after serving 13 years …

Shaina BellScreenshot: WKBN 27 You may have recently come across the story of Shaina Bell, the 24-year old mother of three who was arrested in Liberty Township, Ohio, and charged with two counts of misdemeanor child endangerment after she left two of her children alone in a motel room while …

Former NFL star Vincent Jackson’s brain will reportedly be donated to scientists researching Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a brain injury commonly known as CTE. Allison Gorrell, a family spokesperson, confirmed to USA Today and The New York Times that Jackson’s family is donating his brain to leading researchers at Boston University, …

Ariel Investments, the first black-owned mutual fund firm in the nation, announced the launch of  Ariel Alternatives and the Project Black initiative. The firm is stepping into the private fund business with a $200 million commitment from JPMorgan Chase. Led by Ariel Investments co-CEO Mellody Hobson and global investment manager …

Photo: Mandel Ngan (Getty Images) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is continuing his arbitrary-ass war on accessible voting because, well…I honestly have no idea. Well, actually I do: The Republican game plan to disenfranchise non-Republican voters is pretty well-documented—but for DeSantis, voter suppression is like his version of porn addiction. But …

Even today, in this time of racial awakening, many white Americans continue to ask the same demeaning question about historically Black colleges and universities that they did a decade ago and in the decade before that: With the end of Jim Crow and the integration of college campuses, does the …

56 years after Malcolm X’s death, lawyers are revealing what they called new evidence of a conspiracy perpetrated by the NYPD and the FBI to assassinate the Civil Rights leader in Harlem. According to New York’s ABC 7, Ray Wood, who was an undercover police officer at the time, wrote …

While Gabrielle Union appears to be an attentive mother, she’s letting everyone know that not everything’s going to be perfect when it comes to her 2-year-old daughter’s appearance, namely her hair. The actress opened up in an interview with MadameNoire that was published Thursday (February 18) about social media criticism …

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 …