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From prison to teaching about Bitcoin at Jay-Z’s academy: ex-convict Justin Rhedrick shares his story
Justin Rhedrick was passionate about change while still behind bars serving a sentence for a home invasion. He had grown up in Charlotte around family and basketball but the lack of employment and his...
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Tracy Chapman becomes first-ever Black woman to have sole songwriting credit on a country chart-topper
Country music star Luke Comb’s version of “Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman has got the singer her first No. 1 on the Billboard Country Songwriters chart as the sole credited writer, Taste...
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Sean Tresvant is now reportedly the first Black CEO of Mexican fast-food chain Taco Bell
Just a year and a half after joining Taco Bell as its Global Chief Brand Officer, Sean Tresvant has been promoted to CEO, making him the first Black person in that role, according to Blackbusiness.com....
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South Carolina officer helps reunite homeless man with family living 350 miles away in another state
A police officer in South Carolina has helped reunite a homeless man with his family who lived in another state. Lieutenant Conroy, who works with the Greenville Police Department, connects with homeless...
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Meet Dr. Edwin B. Henderson, the ‘grandfather of Black basketball’ only a few know about
“In a normal world, this man could have been anything. He could have been president of the United States. He could have been a Fortune 500 CEO, but he got kicked out of the YMCA for being black,...
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Christine King Farris, the only living sibling of Martin Luther King Jr, has died at 95
Christine King Farris, the sister of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has died at the age of 95. Her niece, the Rev. Bernice King, announced her death in a statement on Thursday. Farris was the last...
