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Mother-daughter duo Anastasia Linkpon and Adriane Mack are using their entrepreneurial journeys to inspire Black youth to create generational wealth.
If/when everything passes in the Senate, Washington, D.C., would take the name State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, in honor of Frederick Douglass. D.C. would be the first new state admitted to the U.S. since Hawaii in 1959, and proponents have already designed American flags that fit 51 stars.
Civil rights leaders and justice organizations urged the Senate to vote in favor of the bill to ensure that voting power would be afforded to residents of D.C., which has a large Black population.
Howard University has received a $1.59 million endowment to help with vaccination efforts in communities that have been hit hardest by the pandemic.
The Boeing Company has invested $250,000 in Flikshop; a platform designed to combat recidivism.
The WNBA has unveiled an initiative designed to address racial health disparities faced by Black women and girls.
A bill has been proposed to award the Harlem Hellfighters with a Congressional Gold Medal.
Elected officials in New York have reintroduced legislation for the creation of the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Education Center.
The Black-owned beauty brand Mielle Organics recently secured a $100 million investment.
#MeToo founder Tarana Burke has inked a production deal with CBS Studios.
Stacey Abrams has been appointed to serve as co-chair of the Black Voices for Black Justice Fund.
A collective of community organizations are on a mission to memorialize Cicely Tyson’s life and legacy by renaming an East Harlem street in her honor.