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Louisiana teen earns almost $1 million in scholarships from 13 colleges
Cur’Dericka Rice has made headlines after receiving nearly $1 million in scholarships from 13 universities. Named valedictorian, Rice earned a 4.0 GPA and a 33 on the ACT before graduating from Richwood High School. She told KNOE, “Walking into college, goals that I have are just to keep my head on straight and continue to…
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Meet Manika Gamble, who is now the first Black woman to complete Namibia’s 155-mile race
Manika Gamble recently made history as the first Black woman to complete a 155-mile, seven-day...
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How Tiffany Dean built a $45M brand without a bank loan: ‘That is not heard of as a Black woman’
Meet Tiffany Rose Dean; she is the founder of Hollywood Hair Bar, a $45 million beauty brand....
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Louisiana entrepreneur Iam C. Tucker honored as Biden’s ‘Small Business Person Of The Year’
The National Small Business Week awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., selected Iam C. Tucker...
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‘What a blessing’: An emotional Mother’s Day reunion for mom who woke up from a 5-year coma
When Jennifer Flewellen woke up from a five-year coma in August 2022, her son Daeton, who had prayed for her for years, was elated by the news. Last month, Daeton asked his mother if she could come to...
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‘If I can do it, why not you?’ – 83-year-old on becoming Howard’s oldest doctoral graduate
Marie Fowler is convinced that God called her to spend the last three years learning and growing at Howard University’s (HU) School of Divinity. The 83-year-old is now the oldest student to earn...
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Mom of 6 and daughter rejoice upon graduating from Rutgers together
Latonya Johnson and her 21-year-old daughter Laila Birchett are celebrating their graduation from Rutgers School of Social Work. While pursuing her studies at Montclair State University, Birchett decided...
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Georgia grandmother defies the odds to become a registered nurse at 69
Loretta Mack has fulfilled her lifelong dream of becoming a registered nurse at 69 years old. Mack told WALB that she wasn’t going to let age stand in her way. ’’It was like everyone...
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Expectant mother gives birth in speeding Maserati and defends dissertation in maternity ward same day
Tamiah Brevard-Rodriguez welcomed her son in the passenger seat of her wife’s Maserati, then seamlessly moved on to defend her doctoral dissertation from her hospital bed mere hours later. In the...
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Meet the daughter of Nigerian immigrants who is the first Black woman to earn U-M Robotics PhD
Oluwami (Wami) Dosunmu-Ogunbi is the first Black woman to get a PhD in robotics at the University of Michigan. The daughter of Nigerian immigrants set off on her educational career with no clear end goal...
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Mom and two daughters make memories working side by side as flight attendants
For the past seven years, Denise Campbell and her two daughters, Chantel and Charnel Johnson, have been working together, starting in the same customer service and support class before becoming flight...
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Watch: Popular Atlanta hairstylist gifts free service to client for Mother’s Day
Natiajah, a hairstylist, went viral after giving a free installation to a mother of four on Mother’s Day. The beauty and travel influencer wrote on her social media page on May 8 that her client...
