Good News

TiffanyJ created Super Beauty Dolls as an avenue to empower girls to be comfortable in their own skin.

The initiative Call Me MISTER is aiming to increase the number of Black and Latino male teachers within Chicago’s public school system.

The program Preservation in Practice was created as an avenue to empower students at historically Black colleges and universities to pursue careers in historic preservation.

Jade Colin, 28, made history by becoming the youngest Black woman to own a McDonald’s franchise.

Naomi Wadler, 11, will be honored by the NAACP for her efforts to bring attention to the lack of concern for Black women and girls who have lost their lives to gun violence.

Taofeek Abijako, 19, became the youngest designer to showcase a collection at Men’s New York Fashion Week.

Marcus Carey and Damon Lawrence opened a New Orleans-based hotel that highlights Black trailblazers and historic moments that are embedded in the fabric of African-American history.

Songstress Beyoncé has teamed up with Balmain to create a capsule collection that benefits the United Negro College Fund.

A collection of grants totaling $1 million will go towards the preservation of historic African American sites throughout the country.

Civil Rights leader Rev. James Lawson will be honored with the creation of a scholarship in his name at Vanderbilt University.

Jaki Shelton Green was named North Carolina’s ninth poet laureate; making her the first African American woman to receive the honor.

In commemoration of Philando Castile’s death, Falcon Heights has created a two-day proclamation in his honor.