Newsletters 2 – Blacknificent Life!

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Acknowledging the beauty, power, and genius of Black people in a world trained not to see.

September

Similar to the way smart phones reveal video evidence of unprovoked police assaults, Ida B. Wells-Barnett uncovered lies and deceit used to justify lynchers and lynchings. As a truth telling investigative journalist, she uncovered evidence of murderous routines systematically hidden. Exposing heinous injustices against Black people and working tirelessly or their uplift —including

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Business & Finance

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September 14, 2020

Projected to open in 2021, the Dream Exchange will become the first Black-owned US stock exchange. Securities attorney Joe Cecala and investor Bill Ellison have teamed up to help facilitate the transfer of...

Two Black-Led Banks Merge to Become A $1 Billion Dollar Lender

August 20, 2020

Latosha Stone is in the business of selling skateboards. As an avid skateboarder and artist, she created the company Proper Gnar in order to sell skateboards and boarding gear that reflected visual sensibilities...

Introducing First Black Woman-Owned Skateboard Company

July 20, 2020

As people turn to books about Black life to discover insights that inform the current call for racial equity, Black book sellers are experiencing significantly heightened sales. Their good fortune provides a wonderful...

Despite Economic Downturn Black Baker Buys Chocolate Candy Company

July 20, 2020

Black Bookstore Owner Selling Out of Books, First Time in Decades

History & Culture

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September 14, 2020

In the late 19th century, when renown activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett began exposing the savagery of lynching, she became a marked women. To elude those who wanted her permanently silenced, she left Memphis...

Timothy Thomas Fortune, Black Newspaper Dean Amplified Black Voices

September 14, 2020

Massive Portrait Honors Courageous Activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett

August 20, 2020

It was her love of African and African Diaspora literature that compelled Ghanaian-British writer Sylvia Arthur to source and organize the Library of Africa and the African Diaspora (LOATAD). Recently opened, the assemblage...

The Library of Africa and the African Diaspora Opens in Accra, Ghana

August 20, 2020

As the most powerful and far-reaching organizer of Black people the world has known, the legacy of Marcus Mosiah Garvey offers lessons. With a focus on cultivating Black self-regard and self-sufficiency, he brought...

The Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey Master Global Organizer Purveyor of Invaluable Lessons

Youth & Community

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September 14, 2020

After competing for 6 days, 18 hours, and though 31 rounds of spelling, 13 year-old Zaila Avant-Garde, defeated 88 of the best spellers throughout the United States to win the national Kaplan Online...

13-Year-Old National Spelling Bee Champ Exudes Black Girl Magic

September 14, 2020

If you've watched or listened to reports about social unrest in Chicago sparked by the George Floyd police killing, you've likely been informed of Black youth participation. Did any of those reports mention...

Black Chicago Teens Transform Looted Liquor Store Into Fresh Food Market

August 20, 2020

Introducing First Black Woman-Owned Skateboard Company

August 20, 2020

Emmanuella Mayaki's coding and programming abilities are remarkable. That's why she was asked to teach youth in the coding club at Southfield Primary School in Coventry, England. The tech prodigy has earned software...

UK School Hires 10-Year-Old Nigerian Girl Genius as Coding Instructor

Present Day Achievement

ARTICLES

September 14, 2020

Each day we are provided opportunities to witness and learn more about the expansive range of Black women accomplishments. Thanks to the five women who comprise the Black female fishing team from Morehead,...

The Ebony Anglers Fishing Team Makes History

September 14, 2020

13-Year-Old National Spelling Bee Champ Exudes Black Girl Magic

September 14, 2020

What comes with acknowledging and nurturing Madeline Swegle's extraordinary abilities is her designation as the US Navy's first Black female tactical air pilot. Indeed, the Sister has become a fighter pilot, trained in...