By Robyn Mowatt, Okay Player
Pierrah Hilaire, a Brooklyn-based content creator, was on TikTok before the platform forced its way into the fashion conversation and became a go-to source for people to keep an eye on growing (and dying) trends. Continue reading Pierrah Hilaire On Going Viral Teaching Her TikTok Followers About Black Fashion Brands
By Annie Krall, WBay
“A woman’s hair is her crown” a saying which takes on a deeper meaning for black women. Wearing their natural hair for example in afros or braids is a source of cultural pride. But it sometimes invites social and professional rejection. Continue reading YOUR HEALTH MATTERS: African American models wear their natural hair and talk mental health
By Corein Carter, Forbes
Kevin Hart, trailblazing entrepreneur, executive, and entertainer, has now combined Laugh Out Loud and HartBeat Productions to create one of the leading sources of comedic storytelling and experiences with HARTBEAT, after more than a decade of leveraging his individual success to build the two high-growth companies. Continue reading Kevin Hart Signs $100 Million Investment Agreement To Create HARTBEAT, Which Will Be Led By An All Black Leadership Team
Too often Black men are seen as threatening. Over the generations, whether they are boys like Emmett Till, Tamir Rice or Trayvon Martin, or adults like Philando Castille, Eric Garner or George Floyd, or the thousands of victims of lynching in the 19th and 20th centuries, their deaths were made to seem justified by a fear based solely on their race. Continue reading How Black Men Changed the World
By Amiah Taylor, Fortune
The House of Representatives passed legislation on Friday, March 18, in a vote of 235-189, that would ban hair-related discrimination. Continue reading The CROWN Act highlights years of workplace hair discrimination finally being legally reprehensible
By Martine Thompson, The Cut
There is something nourishing about seeing your realities reflected back onscreen. Continue reading Celebrate Black Women in Film With These 20 Classics
By Bella Cacciatore, GLAMOUR
Gabrielle Union couldn’t have a more perfect name. Continue reading Gabrielle Union Wants Us to Love Black Women ‘As They Show Up’
By JONATHAN FRANKLIN, NPR
Every February, the U.S. honors the contributions and sacrifices of African Americans who have helped shape the nation. Continue reading Here’s the story behind Black History Month — and why it’s celebrated in February
By Refinery 29
Growing up in the suburbs of Detroit, Bianca Kea was acutely aware that outside of her family, there were no other Afro-Latinxs that looked like her. No one she could relate to or look up to. But that all changed when she moved to New York City. Continue reading This Afro-Latina Never Saw Herself Represented Growing Up — Here’s How She’s Working To Change That
By Helena Andrews-Dyer, The Washington Post
Fans of high-society high jinks will instantly recognize the dazzling and dizzying characters of “The Gilded Age,” the long-gestating period drama from “Downton Abbey” creator Julian Fellowes that premiered Monday on HBO. But there is one conspicuous exception. Continue reading Because of Black women, the period drama ‘The Gilded Age’ has a Black story line done right
By Lisa Respers France, CNN
Rihanna’s homeland wants her to continue to “shine bright like a diamond.” Continue reading Rihanna honored as ‘national hero’ of Barbados
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President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law legislation establishing June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day, a US federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Continue reading Biden signs bill into law making Juneteenth a national holiday
