2022 YA Books To Have On Your Radar #PartTwo
Have you looked at what’s coming up in the remainder of 2022? So many excellent books! Jump here to see the list for the first half of the year. Also,…
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Aliyah Griffith Makes History As UNC’s First Black Scholar To Earn A Marine Science Degree
For Aliyah Griffith, becoming a marine scientist has been a goal since she was merely 5 years old. Now, this lifelong dream is becoming a reality, as Griffith has become…
Celebrating Every Kind of Hair: Co-creator Amanda Jane Jones shares the inspiration behind THE HAIR BOOK
My family recently moved from the Hyde Park, Chicago to Provo, Utah. Provo is a predominantly white community, and compared to Hyde Park, which is a melting pot of culture…
7-Year-Old Entrepreneur Lily Adeleye Launches Her Second Product Line In Walmart!
Lily Filly, a hair accessory brand founded by the young Black CEO, offers a variety of princess shimmer clips, bow-tie scrunchies, and plastic sneaker cover jibitz for children. View her…
All-Black New Orleans Graduating Class Earns $9.2 million in Scholarships,100 percent Acceptance Rate
New Orleans’ St. Augustine High School, which accomplished many firsts for African Americans during the 1950s and 1960s, again enjoyed a historical moment for its 2022 graduating class. The entire…
Atlanta Links Student Film Festival Takes Off With Spelman College
On April 3, 2022, the Atlanta(GA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated in partnership with The Spelman College Entertainment Summit, proudly presented The Green Screen Project 2022 Film Festival. It was…
Middle School Angst in the Sunshine State, a guest post by Nina Moreno
Maggie Diaz is starting the seventh grade with three very big goals. Illustration of Maggie with personality descriptors. First, she wants her own phone. She’s twelve now and it’s way…
Steph And Ayesha Curry’s Daughter Is Already Chefin’ It Up At 9 Years Old
While she’s still in the single digits, Riley Curry is already walking in her cookbook-author mother’s footsteps and serving up culinary magic . Ayesha Curry recently shared a video of…
Taraji P. Henson Receives Honorary Doctorate From Howard After Giving Moving Commencement Speech
Superstar actress Taraji P. Henson recently delivered an awe-inspiring commencement speech at Howard University , utilizing her own experiences to bestow wisdom on the graduates. Henson was first announced as…
Teen Flying Around The Country Solo To Learn About Black World War II Pilots
Zaire Horton is attempting to reconnect to the generations who came before him. According to CBS News , the Chicago teen has plans to fly across the country by himself…
Congratulations to Michael Kobito – the 2023 Georgia Teacher of the Year! #GaTOTY2023
Michael Kobito is an AP Music Theory teacher and high school band director at Woodland High School in the Bartow County School System. “Michael Kobito is an outstanding educator who…
I’m a Former Foster Youth; How a Few Words From My Attorney Changed My Life
My name is Cristal and I am a former foster youth from Bakersfield, California. I spent about 11 years in the Kern County, California, foster care system. I lived in…