Black Excellence Meet Simone Leigh, First African American Woman To Represent US At Venice Biennale Simone Leigh has sculpted her way into the history books as the first African-American woman artist to be chosen to represent...
Black Excellence VIDEO: Highest-ranking African American Female in NYPD makes history Chief Juanita Holmes is barreling through the NYPD’s glass ceiling. The Chief of Collaborative Policing is the highest-ranking African American female in...
Black Excellence VIDEO: How Alexia Grant and other chefs beat out Disney in feeding NBA Players In July, the National Basketball Association launched the NBA bubble, a COVID-free isolation zone at Walt Disney World. To feed the teams, the NBA...
News Atlanta’s first African American Police Chief dies George Napper Jr., a trailblazing lawman who became Atlanta’s first African American police chief and the first head of Georgia’s Department...
News John Jenkins, Maine’s First African American State Senator, Dies At 68 The first African American elected to the Maine Senate has died. According to the Sun Journal, John Jenkins died this week...
Black Excellence North Texan becomes 1st African American man to win Teacher of the Year Award A Dallas ISD teacher was named 2021 Texas Teacher of the Year. Eric Hale, who teaches at David G. Burnet Elementary...
Black Excellence Perth Amboy promotes first African American fire Captain James Dean Garrison is the first Black firefighter to reach the rank of captain in the Perth Amboy Fire Department. A...
Black Excellence Doris Miller, First African American Enlisted Namesake Navy Ship’s Mess Attendant Doris Miller was recognized as one of the first U.S. heroes of World War II, was the first...
News Kevin Young emerges new Director of African American Museum Kevin Young, distinguished poet and former professor at Emory University, has been named the new Director of the National Museum of...
News Tuskegee Airman from Arizona who Flew in 3 Wars Dies at 95 A member of the famed all-Black Tuskegee Airmen who died in Arizona will be remembered this week. Martinez Funeral Chapels in...
