Today for Black History Month 2019, we are highlighting the mogul Sean Combs. Birth Date: November 4, 1969 Hometown: New York City, New York Fun Facts: Sean goes by many names such as Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, and simply Diddy Sean is an entrepreneur, producer, and artist that started Bad Boy Entertainment in 1993 Sean is also known […]
William Henry Duke, Jr. (born February 26, 1943) is an American actor, director, producer, and writer of film and television. Known for his physically imposing frame, Duke’s works primarily in the action and crime drama genres, but occasionally appears in comedy.[1] Frequently a character actor, he has starred opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in Commando and Predator, […]
Today for Black History Month 2019, we are highlighting media mogul Oprah Winfrey. Birth Date: January 29, 1954 Hometown: Kosciusko, Mississippi Fun Facts: Oprah is an entrepreneur that started OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network), Harpo Studios, and O Magazine Oprah is the first female Black billionaire in the world Oprah’s real name is actually spelled “Orpah” Oprah attended […]
For many years some of our great HBCUs have struggled financially, unfortunately even to the point of shutting down or losing their accreditation. Bennett College, an all girl HBCU in Greensboro North Carolina, was almost on that list. Thankfully our community came together and was able to raise enough money to keep Bennett an accredited […]
Today for Black History Month 2019, we are highlighting media mogul Cathy Hughes. Birth Date: April 22, 1947 Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska Fun Facts: Cathy founded Radio One (now known as Urban One) in 1980, and today is the chairman of the billion dollar company that operates in 16 markets with 54 stations Cathy has 1 son, Alfred Liggins, […]
Did you know that the first self made female millionaire was black? Madame C.J. Walker suffered from extreme stress as a single mother and began loosing her hair. She turned his loss into net worth…. watch how she did it here:
A character guide to one of our featured Black History Month heroes, LeBron James.
Chinonye Chukwu is the first Black woman to win the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival for her U.S. Dramatic entry.
Know your history, know yourself.
Alpha Kappa Alpha has pledged to donate over $1.6 million to HBCUs during Black History Month.
May 2018 will be a historic month for Jeanette Epps as she will become the first African American female Astronaut to work as a crew member on the International Space Station and call it home for six months. Epps will be the fourteenth African-American in space and the the fourth African-American women in space. The first […]
