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At age 2, Bessie Regina Norris was a vocal prodigy
Black music trailblazer Bessie Regina Norris started singing at the age of two, and she was signed to a record company when she was just 12 years. At the time some of her peers were just finding their...
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Cobb’s first African American DA Joyette Holmes appointed as prosecutor in Arbery case
Cobb County’s first female and African American district attorney, Joyette Holmes, has been appointed to prosecute the suspects charged in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, a racially charged...
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R&B veteran Charles Kent Wilson tops charts in each of the last three decades
Charles Kent Wilson, R&B veteran musician and the former lead vocalist of The Gap Band, popularly known as Uncle Charlie, has become the first artiste to score number one hits in each of the last three...
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William Carney: first black soldier to earn the Medal of Honor
Army Sergeant William Carney was the first African American to earn the congressional Medal of Honor in the U.S. Army. He was a member of the famous 54th Massachusetts. As a black soldier, he displayed...
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20-year-old Mariee Revere makes $1m in eight minutes
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Mariee Revere, a 20-year-old beauty entrepreneur and founder of a Black-owned handmade vegan skincare line, made $1 million in eight minutes. That’s unbelievable, but...
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William Henry Hastie: the first black Governor of the United States Virgin Islands
William Henry Hastie, a lawyer, judge, educator, public official, and civil rights advocate was the first African American to serve as Governor of the United States Virgin Islands, as a federal judge and...
