Apr 29, 2024 | Education, Leadership
For the sixth year in a row, Democratic Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC) engaged House members from both sides of the aisle to invest in historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and empower students to pursue science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM)...
Apr 29, 2024 | History, Leadership, Women
Two Black girls in Michigan are making Eagle Scout history. Kimani Brame and Phoenix Moyer are the first in the state to reach the status for the all-gender Scouts. The high schoolers in Grand Rapids earned at least 21 merit badges to achieve the new ranking. The...
Apr 8, 2024 | Leadership, Women
Last spring, a group of Black women activists released a report on the escalation of physical, digital and psychological violence against women of color working toward social justice. Their stories speak to a strategy of intimidation being used to silence...
Mar 25, 2024 | Leadership, Women
“It is my undying belief that Black women are the tide that raises all ships,” says Andrea Thornton Bolden, a showrunner and executive producer. “It’s not a strange sight at all to see Black women in the forefront of many movements, because those are the spaces where...
Mar 11, 2024 | Higher Education, History, Leadership, Women
Lillian Lincoln Lambert graduated from Harvard Business School (HBS) in 1969, just six years after Harvard first opened its doors to women. One of six Black students and 18 women in a class of 800, Lillian was unaware that she was the first Black woman to pursue...
Mar 11, 2024 | Leadership
David E. Harris, the first Black pilot to fly a commercial plane for a major airline and the first Black man to achieve the rank of Pilot Captain for a major U.S. commercial airline, has died at 89, American Airlines confirmed Saturday. There was no immediate...
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