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For Black History Month, we will spotlight some of the greatest athletes in Historically Black College and University History. Today we spotlight a woman who became the first Black woman to win a Tennis Grand Slam champion. Althea Gibson started her sports career at the age of 12 in 1939 playing Paddle tennis. Gibson quit […]

For Black History Month, we will spotlight some of the greatest athletes in Historically Black College and University History. Today we spotlight a woman who overcame childhood struggles to become a three-time gold medalist. Wilma Rudolph overcame a number of struggles as a kid including pneumonia and scarlet fever, and she contracted infantile paralysis at […]

One of our long time requests has finally been answered. A cult classic is being revived for the culture. Vulture is reporting that The Proud Family will be returning to screens in 2020. According to the story this version will be titled The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder. The updated series is being brought back by the […]

It’s been just over a week since Pop Smoke was murdered while in a home he was renting in the Hollywood Hills. The rapper’s family has released a statement thanking fans for their support, but unfortunately the investigation into his murder has reportedly stalled. “The family of Bashar ‘Pop Smoke’ Jackson would like to express […]

Millennials, the reality is adulting has its challenges! Regardless of our feelings of the ups and downs of adulthood, we still have to make decisions that will affect our future and those behind us. One major key decision that affects our future is voting. Our votes are just as important as our grandparents. With this upcoming […]

It seems like just yesterday DJ Drama was dropping some of the hottest mixtape projects in the game. From Lil Wayne to Jeezy, Drama’s Gangsta Grillz series were must-have CD’s before streaming music was even a thing. Now it seems like the veteran mixtape DJ is prepping to drop his next project Quality Street Music […]

Drake is quietly making even more headway in Hollywood. His series has gotten the green light for another season on the world’s largest streaming platform. HipHopDX is reporting that the OVO Boss has landed another win in Tinseltown. On Wednesday, February 26 he posted the announcement on his Instagram. The visual featured printed scripts with […]

Oakwood University A private HBCU, Oakwood University is located in Huntsville Alabama and owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Founded in 1896, Oakwood University’s purpose was to educate the recently freed African-Americans in the South. Its original name was “Oakwood Industrial School” and based on a 380-acre former slave plantation. Its early days […]

Attending a Historically Black College University can be the best experience that you create it to be. HBCUs are built on a foundation of culture. Listen to the stories of graduates that have amazing reasons why they are proud to be apart of the HBCU Family! It’s important to give back to our HBCUs as we […]

Looking for a black-owned restaurant in your city? There’s an app for that. Entrepreneurs, Anthony and Janique Edwards, were tired of struggling to find black-owned eateries, so they created an app to solve that problem. EatOkra is a new app that connects users to black-owned restaurants in over 30 cities across the country. The couple founded the company […]

Looking for a black-owned restaurant in your city? There’s an app for that. Entrepreneurs, Anthony and Janique Edwards, were tired of struggling to find black-owned eateries, so they created an app to solve that problem. EatOkra is a new app that connects users to black-owned restaurants in over 30 cities across the country. The couple founded the company […]

(edit) Edward Waters College Edward Waters College (EWC) is Florida’s oldest independent institution of higher learning as well as the state’s first institution established for the education of African Americans. Founded by Reverend Charles H. Pearce, a presiding elder of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in 1865.  was sent to Florida to start an […]