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Black Videographer Launches Tech Startup to Increase Black Representation in the Digital Media Industry
Image: BlackBusiness By BlackBusiness Meet Imani Lee, MBA, founder of Black Stock Footage, LLC, a new stock video platform that is 100% focused on Black people, cultures, hues, phenotypes, and activities. The early-stage tech startup will empower video content creators with better access to stock footage that makes it easier for […]
Why this Black-owned cap for natural hair has been rejected for use at the Olympics
The official body has said elite athletes ‘never require to use, caps of such size.’ (Picture: Luke Huston Flynn) BY ABU MUBARIK A Black-owned swimming cap brand has been rejected for use at this year’s Olympics. Soul Cap, which is designed for swimmers with long natural black hair, has been […]
Soul Food Recipes: Satisfy Your Tastebuds Without Compromising Your Health
by Deborah Easton CHICKEN GUMBO This makeover recipe has great flavor and plenty of vegetables! It uses chicken breast, which is lower in fat than other parts of the chicken, like the thigh or skin. Ingredients 3 cups low-sodium chicken broth1/4 cup flour 11⁄2 pounds chicken breast, skinless and boneless, cut […]
BET FOUNDER ROBERT JOHNSON PUSHES $14 TRILLION REPARATIONS PROPOSAL THAT HE SAYS WILL CLOSE RACIAL WEALTH GAP
Image: BET Founder Robert Johnson (Twitter/@Face2FaceAfrica by Derek Major America’s first Black billionaire and Black Entertainment Television co-founder Robert Johnson doubts a reparations check will ever come, but he is still pushing his $14 billion reparations proposal. Johnson, who appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box Monday, believes now is the right time to push Black Americans […]
Meet the first all-Black classical symphony orchestra to feature at Carnegie Hall in its 130-yr history
After more than two and half decades after the Gateways Musical Festival was assembled, it makes its debut history making appearance at Carnegie Hall as the first all-Black orchestra to grace their stage. Photo: Gateways Musical Festival By AMA NUNOO | Staff Writer for Face2Face Africa The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, a group […]
Derek Chauvin Receives 22 and a Half Years for Murder of George Floyd
By Tim Arango Image: © Court TV, via Reuters Derek Chauvin was led out of the courtroom by officers after being sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison for the murder of George Floyd. MINNEAPOLIS — Derek Chauvin, the former police officer convicted of murder in the death of […]
Sha’Carri Richardson Bolts into History and into Tokyo Olympics
by GDN Shared Post With lightning-like quickness and a will to dominate, Sha’Carri Richardson is on her way to the Olympics in Tokyo. The 21-year-old native of Dallas, Texas, won the women’s 100-meter final during the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials. Richardson’s victory came in just 10.86 seconds – amazingly, […]
Webster U. online course helps educators cope with COVID-19, racial challenges
By Sylvester Brown Jr. Of The St. Louis American Photo by Wiley Price / St. Louis American Making teachers more culturally proficient in classrooms Sometimes, out of chaos comes creativity. Such is the case for two Webster University professors, Vincent C. Flewellen and Marshaun Warren. The professors have launched an […]
Just because Juneteenth now a federal holiday doesn’t mean we stop pushing for racial justice
Chants of “Black lives matter!” ring out as Jevell Sutton, displaying the Pan-African flag, and others march in the… (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times) By Naomi Ishisaka Seattle Times columnist Updated June 21, 2021 at 10:05 am In the end, after decades of effort and advocacy, the U.S. House voted overwhelmingly last […]