by Caresse Jackman My late grandmother always used to say, “Next to heaven, is Guyana!” It’s a phrase I loved hearing from her every time she shared those words. It showed me that while she was thousands of miles away in Atlanta,…
Today: November 20, 2024
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In a disheartening decision, the Oklahoma Supreme Court recently dismissed a lawsuit seeking reparations for the last remaining survivors and descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. This setback highlights the ongoing struggle for justice and recognition for one of the most…
Muyinatu “Bisi” Bell a researcher in medical imaging technology at Johns Hopkins University, has been awarded the 2024 Alan T. Waterman Award, the nation’s highest honor for early career scientists and engineers. Bell, the John C. Malone Associate Professor in the Department…
Burna Boy, Siya Kolisi, William Ruto, Others Make TIME’s 2024 Most Influential List Nigerian music star Burna Boy and other influential figures of African descent like Kenyan President William Ruto, and South African rugby captain Siya Kolisi, have been named one of…
Olayemi Olurin is a movement lawyer, political commentator, and writer in New York City. She was born and raised in Nassau, The Bahamas, where she lived until she moved to the United States in 2008. Born to a Nigerian father and Bahamian…
Olayemi Olurin is a fierce activist who is not afraid to speak up against injustice. Last month, she got the chance to question New York City, Eric Adams directly on The Breakfast Club radio show about his policies that seem to unfairly…
Emmanuela Ilok is a Nigerian teenager who has received acceptance offers from 11 top U.S. universities including MIT, Stanford, Yale, UPenn, Princeton, Columbia, Georgia Tech, Washington University, University of Chicago, Duke, and Granger College of Engineering. Ilok won the prestigious RISE program…
Deniece Laurent-Mantey made history as the inaugural Executive Director of the President's Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States.…
Varaidzo (Vee) Kativhu, a 25-year-old education activist from Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom, has been making waves with her impactful work in advocating for girls’ education and empowerment. Founder of Empowered By Vee, a youth empowerment organization, Vee utilizes her social media…
After watching their first Black president relentlessly attacked by the conservative right, it’s time the Ivy League school took some responsibility. Dr. Claudine Gay, the first Black and second woman president of Harvard University, resigned her position on Tuesday (Jan. 2), after months of attacks from right-wing…
