‘Earn Your Leisure’ Founders to Build 300-Acre Housing Project in Ghana
They’re hoping to help the diaspora return home! Rashad Bilal and Troy Millings, co-founders of the popular brand Earn Your Leisure, have partnered with fellow influencer and activist Chakabars, and developers Alvin Bekoe, Kwame Blay, and Tuyee Yeboah, to build a new 300-acre housing project in Accra, Ghana, Black Enterprise reports. The group announced the […]
Pioneering Founder of ‘Afro Sheen,’ George Johnson, to Release Memoir at 97 Years Old
His story will finally be told! George E. Johnson is a pioneering businessman and the founder of Afro Sheen, a legendary haircare product he and his late wife Joan created under their famed Johnson Products brand. The Johnsons’ company began in Chicago with just $250 in 1954 and grew to become the world’s largest black-owned […]
Dawn Staley Tells A’ja Wilson Her SC Gamecocks Jersey Will Officially Be Retired in Heartwarming Call
A sweet moment between two of women’s basketball’s finest! South Carolina Gamecocks coach Dawn Staley recently called former player and WNBA star A’ja Wilson to let her know they will be retiring her school jersey. According to the Bleacher Report, Wilson is a native of Columbia, South Carolina. She chose to stay home for college, […]
Gullah Gullah Island Celebrates 30th Anniversary With New Reimagined Series of the Beloved Classic
Let’s all go to Gullah Gullah Island! Gullah Gullah Island was created by Ron and Natalie Daise to highlight the dynamics of a Gullah family on St. Helena Island and the Gullah Geechee culture. Premiering in 1994, the children’s television series was a hit among Black families and became a cult classic. Now, in celebration […]
Ashley T. Johnson Makes History as First Black Woman to Lead St. Louis FBI Field Office
She’s also the first-ever woman! FBI Director Christopher Wray has named Ashley T. Johnson the lead special agent in charge of the St. Louis FBI Field Office, Black Enterprise reports. This is a historic appointment, and Johnson now makes history as the first woman and the first Black woman ever to hold the title. Johnson […]
Spelman College Rename Performing Arts Center in Honor of Samuel L. Jackson & Wife LaTanya Richardson Jackson
It’s a full-circle moment for the SpelHouse alum! LaTanya Richardson Jackson and her husband, Samuel L. Jackson, met as students at Spelman and Morehouse College. It was the beginning of a love story that has lasted more than four decades and the genesis of a powerhouse that would forever transform the entertainment industry. Last week, […]
Missy Elliott & Queen Latifah Make History as First Rappers to Receive National Medal of Arts
We couldn’t think of two more deserving artists! Last week, President Joe Biden awarded 39 artists with the National Medals of Arts and Humanities, Rolling Stone reports. An annual celebration of the best and brightest artists, this year was historic, with Missy Elliott and Queen Latifah becoming the first rappers ever to receive the prestigious […]
Dwyane Wade Becomes First NBA Player in Miami Heat History to Have a Statue Outside the Arena
Wade was involved every step of the way! This past weekend, the Miami Heat honored Dwyane Wade with an eight-foot statue in his honor, CNN reports. The three-time NBA champion now makes history as the first NBA player in the franchise’s 37-year history to have a statue outside of the Kaseya Center in Biscayne Bay. […]
Kahlana Barfield Brown to Release New Nike Sneakers in Honor of HBCU Homecoming Season
Just in time to run the yard! In 2020, Nike announced its #Yardrunners initiative, which aimed to honor HBCU alumni who “ran the yard” and made a notable impact. Since then, the initiative has continued through the release of various HBCU-themed collections annually, including sneakers and apparel that pay homage to historically Black colleges and […]
Civil War Era Politician Robert Smalls Becomes First African American to Receive Monument in South Carolina
An honor for a true hero! Robert Smalls was born enslaved in 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina, AP News reports. A freedom fighter, Smalls is best known for disguising himself in Confederate clothes during the war to steal a slaveholder’s ship and sail his family and at least a dozen others to freedom during the […]