In an effort to acknowledge its ties to slavery, Georgetown University will offer the descendants of nearly 300 slaves preferential treatment in its admissions process. In 1838, the school…
It’s extremely rare to see an all female crew on a commercial jet let alone an all African American crew – until now. Meet Captain Rachelle Jones and first…
Charlottsville, Va. Americans were left stunned after White Supremacists terrorized the University of Virginia in a Confederate statue removal protest. It didn’t take long for thousands of people…
Forty-four years ago today DJ Kool Herc threw a party in the Bronx and decided he wanted to change up the sound. He played only the instrumental sections or “breaks”…
PHILADELPHIA—Michelle Obama’s speech lit up the Wells Fargo Center on June 25th. In the process, she shed new light into the shadowy depths of American history with a…
In the new documentary “Dark Girls,” black women share their deeply personal stories of prejudice and candid thoughts on skin tone, revealing controversial insights into the struggles and self-esteem issues dark-skinned women…
Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green is one of fewer than 100 black female physicists in the country, and the recent winner of $1.1 million grant to further develop a technology she’s…
Tennessee state Rep. Stacey Campfield (R) introduced a bill this week seeking to make welfare benefits contingent upon the grades of a would-be recipient’s children. Campfield’s legislation, filed Thursday, would…
A court in Pennsylvania on Wednesday struck down a state law that imposed a lifetime ban from employment on as many as 200,000 people with criminal records in…
During a recent appearance on UK talk show Alan Carr: Chatty Man, musician Will.i.amrevealed his latest project to a surprised studio audience: a smartwatch. At least, based on the brief on-camera demonstration, that’s…
