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Billion Dollar Black Owned Real Estate Company Launches a Fund to invest in over a dozen Black organizations
March 6, 2020
The Osei Rubie Charitable Fund is the philanthropic arm of National Standard Abstract (NSA), a family – and Black-owned title insurance firm that in…
Meet Lt. Col Merryl Tengesda, The First Black Woman Spy Plane Pilot
March 2, 2020
Lt. Col Merryl Tengesdal, a Bronx native, has become the first Black woman to ever pilot the U-2 Dragon Lady — an ultra-high altitude…
Black Veterinarian Treats Homeless People’s Animals For Free
February 29, 2020
Life in modern society poses a very real challenge for some of us. It’s no secret that poverty has pushed a staggering number of…
Two Sisters Are Designing Yoga Mats So Black Women Feel Represented in Fitness
February 29, 2020
Fitness can often feel like something marketed to a certain type of person, but Julia and Cornelia Gibson, sisters and founders of Toned by BaggedEm,…
Lifestyle Guru B. Smith Dies of Alzheimer’s at Age 70
February 23, 2020
Barbara Smith, the model and TV personality known as B. Smith who went public with her Alzheimer’s diagnosis in 2014, has died at age…
The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre will soon be a part of the curriculum for Oklahoma schools
February 20, 2020
Oklahoma leaders announced Wednesday the state will be moving forward with embedding the story of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre into the curriculum of…