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Trailblazing basketball legend Earl Lloyd—the first Black player to compete in an NBA game—was recently honored by the city of Alexandria.
Raleigh-based Saint Augustine’s University is the first HBCU to launch a women’s rowing team.
A film about the story behind the iconic Black Power salute at the 1968 Olympics is in the works.
Detroit’s first Black women-owned skating academy strives to make figure skating lessons accessible to youth living in low-income households.
NBA star Stephen Curry has signed on as an executive producer for a documentary about the life and legacy of basketball legend Lusia ‘Lucy’ Harris.
NBA player Bismack Biyombo is donating his entire 2022 salary to build a hospital in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Olympian Allyson Felix and Pure Leaf are on a mission to advance gender equity in the workplace through a new grant program.
Highlighting three Black women, Maia Chaka, Felecia M. Nave and Mia Schultz, who are breaking barriers and choosing to challenge inequity through their work and leadership.
Gabrielle Union and her daughter Kaavia James Union Wade are now part-owners of the Angel City FC professional women’s soccer team.
LeBron James has teamed up with Crypto.com for the creation of a cryptocurrency education program for youth.
Marva Smalls has made history as the first Black woman to be appointed to serve on the Heisman Trophy Trust’s board of trustees.
Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders has joined forces with Aflac to address medical debt disparities.
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