Mar 30, 2026 | Education, Events, Leadership
National College Resources Foundation (NCRF) presents its 9th Annual Chicago Black College Expo™ on Saturday, April 4, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., at Chicago State University, 9501 South King Drive, Chicago, IL 60628. Hosted by actor and comedian Kel Mitchell, the...
Mar 23, 2026 | Events, HBCU, Higer Education
HBCU AwareFest is about to be underway in Atlanta, as Black leaders from various industries join the event to support Black scholars. Produced by Student Freedom Initiative, in partnership with Live Nation Urban and the City of Atlanta, HBCU AwareFest aims to become...
Mar 16, 2026 | Arts + Culture, Events, Leadership
The fifth annual Essence and Culture Awards (ECA) were hosted by the London Afrocentric Arts Association (LACA) in the southwestern Ontario city. The event continues to find new ways to honour leaders in the community. “We want to find the people who are doing things...
Mar 2, 2026 | Entertainment, Events, Media, Women
The NAACP is the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization, founded in 1909 to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure social, educational, political, and economic equality for all. Their mission translated into the entertainment space, as Toni Vaz,...
Feb 23, 2026 | Entrepreneurs, Events
The Fayetteville Town Center’s 9th annual Black-Owned Business Expo introduced a “Kidpreneur Track” to support the next generation of entrepreneurial Black youth across Northwest Arkansas. This year’s expo featured two young entrepreneurs,...
Feb 2, 2026 | Arts + Culture, Business, Events
A barber’s chair sits in The Gallery at the Austin Central Library. The leather is creased and worn. Stuffing pokes out from one corner of the seat. An ashtray on the armrest reveals its age. A 5-foot-tall photograph of Kevin Asberry looking through the window of...
