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Solid in her own right, Coco Gauff’s grandmom was first Black student to attend an all-white school in Delray
At the same age that tennis star Coco Gauff turned pro, her maternal grandmother Yvonne Lee Odom was making history, desegregating Palm Beach County schools as a student. In 1961, while preparing to captain...
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Central African Republic: Ghana officer makes history as first woman to command UN parade
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Alison Raji Atuluk, an officer of the Ghana Police Service, has been awarded by the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central...
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Jayson Tatum makes history with his new job at alma mater Duke
Jayson Tatum will serve as the Chief Basketball Officer for Duke, his alma mater, during the college basketball season, the school announced on Tuesday. Tatum, who played at Duke in 2016-17, will...
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Ashley Allison: Meet the former Obama advisor acquiring ‘The Root’ to return it to Black ownership
Ashley Allison, a Democratic political strategist and CNN commentator, said last week that she is acquiring The Root from G/O Media, a digital media holding company controlled by a private equity firm....
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When Lionel Richie’s parents stopped him from marching with Martin Luther King Jr.
Growing up in the segregated South in the 1950s and 1960s, Lionel Richie longed to be part of the civil rights movement of the time, but his parents didn’t allow him to. While promoting his new memoir,...
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Meet the Zimbabwean farmer in UK honored with royal visit after being ‘first to grow white maize’
When David Mwanaka moved to the UK from Zimbabwe more than 20 years ago, he couldn’t find white maize, a staple crop he had eaten growing up. So he started growing it in addition to other traditional...
