Nationwide — Jada Sayles, a student from New Orleans, Louisiana, received her degree from Dillard University with a surprise graduation ceremony inside her hospital room just hours after giving birth […]
Women
News Platform Launches to Celebrate the Success of Black Women and Moms
Nationwide — As Black women continue to make history and pave the way in business, sports, entertainment, and community service, BlackWoman.com has been launched to pay tribute to one of […]
Founder of Black-Owned DC-Based Organization to Empower Women at Awards Luncheon
Nationwide — Karen Maria Alston, founder and CEO of The Spectrum Circle of Washington, D.C., will honor eight influential women at The Spectrum Circle Awards Luncheon on May 20, 2022. […]
Meet the Founder of a Black-Owned Online Course Platform That Empowers Experts to Teach Online
Goalmentum is a Black-owned online course platform that fuses engagement and accountability into every course. This online course platform is a simple system that high-performing business coaches and experts can […]
Black Woman-Owned Book Publisher Releases Third Children's Book Highlighting Diversity and Representation
‘The Turtle With An Afro’ Shows Diversity Matters in All Types of Kids Characters Columbus, OH — “Despite an increase in the diversity of children’s books published over the past […]
Formerly Incarcerated Mom Earns Master's Degree, Her 3rd Degree in 5 Years
Nationwide — Margaret Hall, a 47-year-old mother from Tempe, Arizona, who previously spent time in prison, has graduated summa cum laude with a master’s degree from Arizona State University. It […]
Founder of Black-Owned SEO Company to Host the 2nd Annual Reach More Clients Power Conference
Nationwide — Zhe Scott, founder and CEO of The SEO Queen, is excited to host the 2nd Annual Reach More Clients Power Conference to empower Black-owned and women-owned businesses to […]
Speakers Magazine May 2022 Cover Story Focuses on Moving Black Entrepreneurs to Millions
Epic Failure Led to Epic Success for Dr. Darnyelle Jervey Harmon Detroit, MI — Once an established and accomplished corporate vice president drawing a hefty salary, Dr. Darnyelle Jervey Harmon […]
Texas Mom Sentenced For Allowing Teen Daughter to Marry 47-Year Old Man
Nationwide — Cherry Payton, a mother from Richmond, Texas, who let her 13-year old daughter marry and suffer from sexual abuse by a 47-year old man, has been sentenced to […]
HBCU Grad Turned Entrepreneur Launches Museum for Black Children, Global Celebration
Nationwide — Spelman alumna Veronica N. Chapman is a social entrepreneur and children’s book author on a mission to help make the world better for Black children. In an effort […]
Black Nurse Debuts New Children’s Book Called “Nurses Are Superheroes Too”
Nationwide — In celebration of National Nurse Week, author C.P. Mitchell will be highlighting nurses and the instrumental role that nurses play in our healthcare system. She is using her […]
Black Woman Entrepreneur Opens Two Call Centers, Turns Financial Tragedy into Successful Business
Nationwide — Meet Jennifer Lang, founder and CEO of Jennifer Lang Financial Services, LLC, a Black-owned agency based in Houston, Texas that sells life insurance policies nationwide. Her company has […]
Founder of Black Math Genius Program Reveals How Black People Are Broke By Design
Nationwide — The Black Math Genius program was created by Assata Moore in collaboration with Freddie Taylor of Urban Intellectuals. The program is intentional about putting Black children at the […]
Black Designer Debuts Commemorative Coin to Celebrate Juneteenth National Independence Day
Nationwide — Meet Beverly David Robinson, the founder and CEO of Juneteenth Unlimited, who has designed a commemorative coin that celebrates Juneteenth, a federal holiday inspired by the African Diaspora, […]
Married Couple, HBCU Grads Celebrate One Year of Supporting Black and Women Entrepreneurs in the Food Retail Industry
The mission to uplift minority-owned businesses continues into 2022. Nationwide — Allen and Subriana Pierce, the founders of the Navigator Lighthouse Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Orange County, […]
Author Releases New Children’s Book Featuring Black Princess From the Caribbean
Every Little Girl Deserves To Feel Like A Princess Nationwide — Entertainment, business and fashion attorney, and entrepreneur, Eldonie Mason has released her first children’s book featuring a Black princess […]
Wrongly Convicted Black Man Wins $10.5M Lawsuit After 24 Years in Prison
Nationwide — Shawn Williams, an African American man from New York City who served 24 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, has finally been awarded a $10.5 […]
Black Woman CEO Honored By President Joe Biden, Receives Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award
One of the nation’s highest honors recognizes notable community contributions Nationwide — Honoring her remarkable leadership and service, Dr. Velma Trayham, a native of Houston, Texas, has become one of […]
Florida Woman Charged With Child Abuse After Spanking Someone Else's Child With Her Belt
Nationwide — Kady Ann Sewell, a 33-year old mother from Florida City, Florida, is facing child abuse charges after she allegedly spanked a 13-year-old boy at school who had defended […]
Jacksonville Officer Involved in Black Woman Police Brutality Case Arrested For Sending Nude Photos to Minors
Jacksonville, Florida police officer Alejandro Carmona, charged with 2 child sex crimes, is the same officer that parked in Brittany Chrishawn Williams’ driveway resulting in her broken teeth in 2020. […]
17-Year Old Student With 4.3 GPA Awarded $2M in Scholarships, Accepted into 38 Colleges
Nationwide — Amia Jackson, a student at Willowbrook High School in Villa Park, IL, has been accepted into 38 colleges (and counting) and has received almost $2 million in scholarship […]
Meet the Entrepreneur Teaching Black Women How to Become Bosses in the Boardroom
Nationwide — Ever sold yourself short in an interview? Chickened out of asking for that raise? Creeped your Instagram friends with envy — the ones who took the plunge and […]
Meet the Woman Helping Black-Owned Businesses Get Funding, Corporate Contracts, and More
Nationwide — Felicia Jeffries, founder and CEO of Moore Financial Services, is an accomplished paralegal with over ten years of experience dealing with leading business lawyers and companies across the […]
Maternity Photo Contest Highlights the Beauty of Black Motherhood
Los Angeles, CA — Successful Parenting Media/ Successful Black Parenting announces the launch of their first maternity photo contest which started on April 8th and will continue throughout the year […]
"State of the Air" Report Finds People of Color Are 61% More Likely to Live in Areas With Poor Air Quality
Chicago, IL — The 2022 “State of the Air” report, released earlier this month by the American Lung Association, finds that despite progress, an unacceptable number of Americans are still […]
Black Female Filmmaker Tackles Mental Health Stigma in Debut Psychological Thriller
Atlanta, GA — Sigma Square Media, in association with JD Harvill, has announced the release of “Pseudo,” an independent film from writer-producer Briana Cole, directed by Herschel Grangent Jr.
Black Culture Meets Asian Culture in New Book By Cameroonian Wife, Mom of 3
Nationwide — What does Black Asian solidarity mean? Africa Yoon, the Cameroonian American author of a memoir entitled The Korean, says it looks like telling stories of when we get […]
Power Couple to Empower Black-Owned Businesses With Free 3-Day Virtual Summit
Nationwide — Meet Randy and Renee Hughes, the African American entrepreneurial couple that is launching a Business Growth Summit on May 3-5, 2022. The virtual event will be free for […]
75-Year-Old Black Grandma from North Carolina Makes History, Graduates From Shaw University
Nationwide — Rebecca Inge, a 75-year-old woman from Raleigh, North Carolina, has graduated from Shaw University, an HBCU. She began pursuing her college degree there 57-years ago.
Founder of African-Inspired Fashion Accessory and Home Décor Brand Launches New Spring Collection
Nationwide — Zifa Awoudi, the founder and CEO of ZifasBoutique, is gearing up to release her company’s new spring collection titled Couleur En Printemps. This new collection consists of unique […]
Meet the Young Black Female Navigator Who Turned Sailing the World’s Largest Tankers into a Travel Career
Nationwide — Capt. Sandy Campbell has circumnavigated the globe at the helm of the world’s largest gas tankers as a merchant mariner and seafarer. Being a woman in a male-dominated […]
Meet the Woman Introducing Black-Owned Businesses to the Employee Retention Tax Credit Program
Nationwide — Meet Debra Thomas, founder and CEO of Debudd Marketing, which is currently helping thousands of Black-owned businesses to better understand and take advantage of the Employee Retention Tax […]
7-Year-Old Black Girl Stabbed to Death While Walking on Street in Broad Daylight
Nationwide — Edimari Hernandez Chacon, a 7-year-old African American girl from Chicago, Illinois, was stabbed to death in broad daylight while walking through the city’s Chatham neighborhood. Police said an […]
Black Mom Dies After Being Struck While Helping Crash Victim Trapped in Flipped Car
Nationwide — Ka’Sheena Daniels, a 31-year-old African American woman from New Orleans, Louisiana, sadly died after stopping on Interstate 10 to help a driver trapped inside a flipped car. She […]
Sickle Cell Disease Association of America Inc. Hosts Externally Led Patient-Focused Drug Development Meeting on Sickle Cell Disease
Virtual meeting to bring the sickle cell community together to inform future drug development Nationwide — The Sickle Cell Voices Alliance, a partnership of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of […]
Black Author Who Earned Her Ph.D. at 60 Releases Legacy Journal Inspired by a Secret Her Mother Kept Until Death
Nationwide — She Had a Whole World Inside Her: What I Want You to Know — A Legacy Journal for Women by Dr. T. Sandi Williams began with a locked […]
Black Female Doctor With 20 Years of Experience Launches Leadership Programs to Empower Nurses Globally
Through the BLEND Leadership Development Program and the new annual “An Evening with Dr. Bentil,” the healthcare executive is equipping nurses to lead with confidence, vision, and measurable impact. Nationwide […]
Award-Winning "Beyond the Diagnosis" Documentary Follows Three Southern Black Women Thriving With HIV
Ourconic Entertainment film will also stream same-day on JaroGO in the United States, Canada, Nigeria, Ghana, and South Africa Nationwide — Black women continue to be disproportionately affected by HIV, […]
Meet the Black Mom Running A Soul Food Restaurant in Georgia With Her Twin Autistic Sons
Family-owned restaurant invites the Metro Atlanta community to support a mission-driven business built around opportunity, independence, and legacy. Nationwide — After watching their twin sons with mild autism apply for […]
Singer Trina Braxton Mourns the Death of Her Husband Von Scales at 58
Nationwide — Von Scales, the husband of singer and reality television star Trina Braxton, has sadly passed away at 58. His family announced his death in a statement and did […]
Halle Berry’s Ex Seeks Sole Custody After Accusing Her of Abusing Their 12-Year-Old Son
Nationwide — Halle Berry is facing a new custody dispute after her ex-husband, Olivier Martinez, accused her of physically abusing their 12-year-old son, Maceo. He has asked the court for […]
Barack and Michelle Obama Celebrate 34th Anniversary Amid Divorce Rumors
Nationwide — Barack and Michelle Obama are celebrating 34 years of marriage with affectionate messages that also put to rest renewed speculation about their relationship. The former president and first lady […]
31-Year-Old Woman Arrested After Pouring Boiling Water On Teen Girl During Fight
Nationwide — Shanell Lakeisha Cohen, a 31-year-old woman from Michigan, was arrested after authorities said she admitted to pouring boiling water on a 15-year-old girl following a physical fight. The […]
87-Year-Old Black Woman Beat Up, and Nearly Killed in Brutal Home Robbery
Nationwide — Erlin Gooch, an 87-year-old African American former civil rights activist from Ripley, Tennessee, is recovering in a rehabilitation facility after a brutal home invasion left her badly injured […]
Keisha Lance Bottoms Could Become the First Black Woman Governor in U.S. History
Nationwide — Keisha Lance Bottoms is running in a very close Georgia governor race that could make history. If she wins, she would become Georgia’s first Black governor and the first […]
Former White Police Officer, Amber Guyger, Granted Parole After Serving Only 7 Years for Botham Jean’s Murder
Nationwide — Amber Guyger, a former Dallas police officer who was convicted of murdering Botham Jean, has been granted parole after serving seven years of a 10-year prison sentence. The […]
Woman Gets 40 Years in Prison for Starving and Torturing Her Adopted Son For Years
Nationwide — Chloe Lyn Jackson-Jones, a 42-year-old African American woman from Newnan, Georgia, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to abusing and torturing her adopted […]
Elderly Man Finally Arrested 8 Months After the Hit-and-Run Death of Former Nickelodeon Star Kianna Underwood
Nationwide — Kianna Underwood, a former Nickelodeon child actress who appeared on All That, was killed in a Brooklyn, New York, hit-and-run in January. More than eight months later, police […]
Black Medical Student Diagnosed With Breast Cancer At Just 25 Years Old After Losing Her Mom to the Same Disease
Nationwide — Quintera Knight, an African American medical student from Morehouse School of Medicine, an HBCU in Atlanta, Georgia, was just 25 years old and in her first year of […]
37-Year-Old Attorney Allegedly Tried to Bring 8 Cell Phones into a Federal Prison
Nationwide — Ivy Collins-Harris, an attorney from Rochester, New York, faces a federal charge after authorities accused her of trying to bring marijuana, tobacco, cellphones, and other contraband into a […]
Black Educator With More Than 20 Years of Teaching Killed in Two-Car Crash
Nationwide — Rosa Green, a 61-year-old African American educator from Orangeburg County, South Carolina, died after a two-car crash Monday morning, Sept. 28. She was a longtime math teacher at […]
White Woman Accused of Harassing Black Audio Engineer Who Enhanced Call in Nolan Wells Case Ordered to Stay Away
Nationwide — Sarah J. Fields, a social media commentator who criticized an African American audio engineer over an enhanced recording connected to the Nolan Wells death investigation, is now under […]
Meet the Black Female Truck Driver Making History as the Founder of a Black-Owned Luxury Handbag Brand Inspired By Her Late Parents
Nationwide — Kelly Katrina is a mom of two children, ages 13 and 7, and also the founder of Kelly Katrina Collections, a Black-owned luxury handbag brand founded in 2022. […]
Black Author's “Why Do I Want to Get Married?” Journal Helps Readers Determine How Ready They Are For Marriage
Nationwide — Conversations about marriage often focus on finding the right person, reaching the next relationship milestone, planning a wedding, or building a future together. Author, Writing Branding Strategist, Public […]
Meet the Black Doctor With a Community Cure for Gun Violence
Nationwide — Pastors, faith leaders, parents, grandparents, community leaders, educators, elected officials, businesses, and concerned citizens are being called together for a groundbreaking Interfaith Power Breakfast Summit: A Community Cure […]
Mom Arrested and Charged After Leaving Her 4 Children Home Alone to Go on a Cruise
Nationwide — Nathalie Belizaire, a 29-year-old African American mother from North Miami Beach, Florida, was arrested after she reportedly left her four young children home alone while she took a […]
26-Year-Old Black Woman Running for Mayor of Philadelphia is One of the Youngest in History
Nationwide — Shania Bennett, a 26-year-old African American woman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is running for mayor of the city, making her one of the youngest candidates to seek the city’s […]
Black Founder of United Colors of Cancer Celebrates Reaching First 100 Voice Milestone
1,000 Voices for Cancer Equity Campaign documents the experiences of cancer patients survivors and caregivers Nationwide — Bikira Radcliffe, Founder and Chief Empowerment Officer at United Colors of Cancer (UCC), […]
White Teacher Only Gets Probation After Pleading Guilty to Inappropriate Conduct With Two Students
Nationwide — Shelby Dawn Lashombe, a white teacher from Waco, Texas, has avoided a felony conviction and a lengthy prison sentence after pleading guilty to having sexual encounters with two […]
25-Year-Old Black Woman Wins NASA's $300K Prize for Innovation to Feed Astronauts on Mars
Nationwide — Chinyere “Chichi” Ukeje, a 25-year-old African American woman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has won NASA’s $300,000 top prize for designing a food system that could help astronauts eat fresh […]
Republic of Congo Joins Miss Universe Pageant for the First Time with 24-Year-Old Contestant
Nationwide — Georgina Kambongo is making history as the first woman to win the Miss Universe Republic of the Congo title, becoming the Central African nation’s first official representative at […]
Emmett Till's Cousin, Priscilla Till, Announces Run for Governor of Mississippi
Nationwide — Priscilla Williams Till, civil rights advocate and cousin of Emmett Till, the African American teen who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, is preparing to run for governor […]
34-Year-Old Mom Charged for Allegedly Killing Her 10-Month-Old Daughter With Morphine
Nationwide — Tynisha Lashae Jones, a 34-year-old African American mother from Anderson, South Carolina, has been charged after her 10-month-old daughter, Talayah, died from drug toxicity. Investigators said laboratory testing […]
Black Influencer Who Has Helped Thousands of People to Naturally Shed Pounds is Back With a Bigger Vision
Deidra “Dee” Smith, the weight-loss motivator regained access to her community of more than 943,000 Facebook followers after a season marked by surgery, recovery, business expansion, and the creation of […]