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8-year-old Nolan Davies organizes children’s Black Lives Matter march
Nolan Davies has spearheaded a children’s version of Black Lives Matter protest through the streets of Kirkwood in response to the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. “We are the...
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Sophie Lutterlough rose from an elevator operator to helping discover 40 type specimens
Sophie Lutterlough, an American entomologist, was the first woman elevator operator in the National Museum of Natural History. When she applied for a job at the museum in 1943, she was offered the job...
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Ola Mae Spinks: Librarian who helped organize ‘Slave Narratives’ at her own expense
Ola Mae Spinks, the retired librarian from the Pontiac schools, who is attributed for aiding the organization of the historic “Slave Narratives” in the U.S. Library of Congress, has died aged...
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How Lisa Price created a million-dollar business from her kitchen
Lisa Price, founder of Carol’s Daughter, one of the first African American-owned product lines with a flagship store started with a dream right inside her kitchen. She managed to build a beauty empire...
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Mahershala Ali to star as legendary boxer, Jack Johnson, in HBO limited series
Mahershala Ali is set to star as legendary boxer Jack Johnson in an upcoming HBO limited series titled “Unruly”. He will be producing it with Tom Hanks and documentary filmmaker Ken Burns....
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“They tried to put us down, so we… bossed up”- 7-year-old entrepreneurs on setbacks
Seven-year-old twins – Kamara and Kamera – have become famous for their lemonade stand “Twin-Monade” in Savannah Georgia, so much that people line up waiting more than an hour for...
