FIU School of Music graduate Marcus Norris has been awarded the prestigious Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship at UCLA, a full scholarship and a $100,000 fellowship. He will be pursuing his doctorate in music composition. His application was made with a 12-minute thesis...
Teachers are damn rock stars at times and in the never ending quest to keep kids engaged a Georgia middle school teacher has reworked the lyrics to Bad and Boujee to deliver his lesson “Mad and losing” on the American Civil War. He took the “my bitch...
After four years with the New England Patriots and now a three-year, $30 million contract with the Titans this offseason, Logan Ryan has a bit of cash. He can live lavish, do what he wants when he wants but he has shown what brothers do to each other with a gesture...
The picture of the three young black handcuffed for selling water went viral and angered a lot of people. These young entrepreneurs were trying to make a few extra dollars on a hot day but instead were humiliated by undercover cops because they didn’t have...
Sporting a top with a black Wonder Woman on it, 31 year-old Alysia Montaño did the something astonishing. It was 110 degrees, Montaño is 5 months pregnant and she ran the 800 meter. Needless to say her top black Wonder Woman top spoke volumes! This is not her first...
I truly believe entrepreneurship and community economics are the keys to future of the Black community. And when it is our youth getting involved, I really get excited. This story is one that really moves my spirit. Jayden Hammond is the 12-year-old founder of...
After catching some slack for his investment in the University of Southern California, Dr. Dre has doubled back to take care of Compton High School in his hometown. But the decision to do so was inspired and motivated by Aja Brown, the city’s youngest mayor who was...
The power of one voice is strong, but when it comes to social justice, the power of our collective voices is unstoppable. Now is the time to recognize that through our voices we really can effect change. Some of us will do the important work locally at the micro level...
It’s quite clear at this point, Colin Kaepernick has chosen activism over the NFL. We have hardly heard a peep from him about the NFL. He has not said anything about how the NFL is clearly blackballing him. He hasn’t said anything about the NFL’s decision to...
The Garner family may finally be vindicated! “The DOJ just reached out to me and said they want to meet to give me an update,” Erica Garner shared on Twitter. “Word of mouth is that they are going to have a meeting. I don’t know when or where or what it’s about,”...
