September 2017

Two Marches in DC for Racial Injustice Saturday, Highlighting Black Women

Two marches aimed at highlighting racial injustices — particularly those facing women of color — will converge Saturday on the National Mall, as reported in the Washington Post. The March for Racial Justice and the March for Black Women will have independent rallies in the nation’s capital, then meet at Lincoln Park in the Capitol […]

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15 Year-old Black Author Writes 3 Mandatory Reading Books Used by School Districts

15-year old Essynce Moore is the only African American teen author that has written three books that are mandatory readings for several school district curriculums including Hillside, NJ School District; Brooklyn, NY Charter School(s); and Orange, NJ School District. Her books are a part of a series that she created called The Middle School Chronicles.

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Nasa Dedicates Building to 99 year-old trailblazer Katherine Johnson “Hidden Figures”

99 year-old trailblazer Katherine Johnson This week 99 year-old trailblazer Katherine Johnson, a mathematician whose contributions to NASA’s early space missions were instrumental to its success, was honored during a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The organization opened the Katherine G. Johnson Computational Research Facility in her honor. Johnson, an African-American woman from West Virginia, and her work

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La Jolla Playhouse Announces Cast & Creative Team For “Donna Summer Musical”

  La Jolla Playhouse announces the cast and creative team for its world-premiere production of SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical, featuring book by Colman Domingo, Robert Cary and Playhouse Director Emeritus Des McAnuff (Jersey Boys, The Who’s Tommy); directed by Des McAnuff; choreographed by Olivier Award winner Sergio Trujillo (Memphis, Jersey Boys), with musical supervision

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New Music Friday: R&B Power House Ledisi “Let Love Rule” in New Album

    Hey, ya’ll!  Not only is today the first day of fall, it’s new music friday. R&B Powerhouse Ledisi released her new single “Us4Ever” ft. B.J. The Chicago Kid, today which is featured on her new album Let Love Rule. The  nine-time Grammy-nominated vocalist, Ledisi, delivers brand new vibes with classic vocals.  Packed with raw,

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“Oprah’s Master Class” New Episode on Saturday, featuring Shaquille O’Neal

Shaquille O’Neal The acclaimed, Emmy-nominated series “Oprah’s Master Class” featuring an unprecedented first–person insight into the brilliant minds of entertainers and public figures we love, respect and admire, is in its sixth season with a new episode on Saturday, September 16 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network featuring NBA champion and Hall

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Bravo to Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty collection: Chocolate Skin Matters

Photo credit: Instagram We couldn’t be happier that Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty collection is selling out in the darker shades. On September 8, the  award-winning pop singer debuted her makeup line, which includes 40 shades of foundation, last week, and the dark shades have consistently sold out. Note to the cosmetic industry:  Chocolate skin matters. Most of us

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