Good News

Singer John Legend will receive The Recording Academy’s inaugural Global Impact Award for his artistry and activism.

Trailblazing aviator Bessie Coleman—the first Black woman to earn an international pilot’s license—will be featured on the U.S. quarter.

Fellowship opportunities are few and far between, particularly in supporting the work and passion of Black creatives.

The nonprofit Hit the Books is empowering Harlem youth through education and mixed martial arts.

Williams has now become the first black woman to serve in the position.

Deborah Cox will become the first Black woman to be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.

The HBCU student will be driving a Virginia State University-themed car with the number 44 on it. The car will be decked out in Virginia State’s orange and blue color scheme and represent all the proud Trojans out there.

Architect and activist Deanna Van Buren is merging her passions for design and social justice to reimagine a world without prisons.

Griffin launched her company, Anissa Wakefield Wines in 2019, becoming the first certified black woman winemaker in Alabama.

Songstress Ciara will join the cast of ‘The Color Purple’ musical film.

Aliyah Griffith made history by becoming the first Black scholar to earn a graduate degree in marine sciences from the University of North Carolina.

Florida Memorial University and the Institute of Black Wealth have teamed up to create an initiative aimed at closing the racial wealth gap.