NewsOne Featured Video Source: Marcus Ingram / Getty From projects designed to foster equity within the STEM education space to initiatives centered on financial literacy, businessman and philanthropist Robert F. Smith has been at the forefront of transformative efforts aimed at uplifting and empowering the Black community. For his latest project, he’s teaming up with […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: FG Trade / Getty Howard University has been a driving force behind groundbreaking research that explores the correlation between racial inequities and health disparities. The historically Black university will be able to advance its efforts through a collaboration with Georgetown University. The two Washington, D.C.-based institutions are joining forces for the […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: PeopleImages / Getty A Harlem-based high school squash team has cemented itself in the sports history books. A collective of student-athletes from Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change will become the first all-Black squad to compete in the national championships, CBS News reported. Historically, the nearly 200-year-old sport has […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Former First Lady Michelle Obama’s New York Times best-selling book The Light We Carry has sparked empowering dialogue about the power of perseverance in the midst of uncertainty. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Chicago native is bringing those crucial conversations to audio through the creation of […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Ivan Apfel / Getty Legendary rapper and serial entrepreneur E-40 is empowering the next generation of music innovators. The California native—whose real name is Earl Stevens—recently gifted Grambling State University with a generous donation to elevate and expand its music program. The $100,000 endowment will go towards the maintenance of a […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Gary Miller / Getty NBA YoungBoy is ditching rap for the religious life. In a new interview with Billboard this week, the 23-year-old rapper opened up about his spiritual journey and what life has been like since he was placed on house arrest in 2021. YoungBoy, whose real name is Kentrell […]
Read MoreNewsOne Featured Video CLOSE Source: Michael Zagaris / Getty UPDATED: 3:30 p.m. ET, Feb. 1, 2023 Former NFL star DeMeco Ryans is the next Black man to ascend to the position of head coach in the NFL. The Houston Texans announced this week that the organization hired Ryans on a six-year deal, making them the […]
Read MoreWorkers manning registration desks at the University of Alabama watch as student Vivian Malone enters Foster Auditorium on campus to register for classes in 1963. Miss Malone and fellow student Jimmy Hood were the first African American students to attend the University. | Source: Bettmann / Getty After what seemed like a full calendar year […]
Read MoreNewsOne Featured Video Source: Buyenlarge / Getty Outraged sparked last year after an Airbnb host listed an old slave cottage on the popular lodging site. The 1830s slave cabin, which was located at the Belmont Plantation in Mississippi, seemed to be a popular place for visitors due to its “garden view” and comfy amenities. But […]
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