by Good Black News | Aug 2, 2021 | Empowerment & Inspirational, News, Politics, State & National |
While the U.S. Senate hasn’t agreed on much of anything for several years, this week it unanimously passed legislation granting the Congressional Gold Medal to Willie O’Ree, the first Black player to compete in the National Hockey League. The legislation...
by Good Black News | Jul 29, 2021 | Empowerment & Inspirational, Entertainment, Politics |
New York’s worthless studios, a not-for-profit space for artists, organized The Plywood Protection Project last summer in the wake of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, with the intention of making public art that paid tribute to the racial justice movement....
by Good Black News | Jul 8, 2021 | Empowerment & Inspirational, News, State & National |
Zaila Avant-garde, 14, won the Scripps National Spelling Bee championship held in Lake Buena Vista, Florida today, becoming the first African American winner and only the second Black champion in the bee’s 96-year history. Avant-garde, who hails from Harvey,...
by Good Black News | Jun 29, 2021 | Education, Empowerment & Inspirational, Entertainment |
[Dr. Kymberly Pinder, seen with a black and white drawing by Jami Porter Lara. Photo by Eve Caughey via news.yale.edu] Starting July 1, Dr. Kymberly Pinder, renowned scholar of race, representation, and murals, will become Dean of the Yale School of Art. Pinder, who...
by Good Black News | Jun 17, 2021 | Empowerment & Inspirational, News, State & National |
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) MacKenzie Scott, novelist, former teacher and ex-wife of Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, is a real one. Scott’s net worth since her divorce settlement from Bezos stands close to $60 billion, and Scott has vowed to...
