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Concerned Dad Creates App, Enables Students to Livestream School Shootings to Alert Their Parents Faster

Nationwide — Meet James A. Samuel, Jr., a father of two, and a fighter pilot turned tech innovator who has developed a cloud-based app called ANJEL...

Former Undocumented Teen Who Built Over $1M in Retirement Before 50 Now Teaches Others How to Build Wealth

Nationwide — Tanya Taylor is the Founder & CEO of Grow Your Wealth, a financial education platform that teaches professionals how to ditch bad debt and create...

The Gullah: Rice, Slavery, and the Sierra Leone-American Connection

Written By Joseph A. Opala The Gullah people are the descendants of the slaves who worked on the rice plantations in South Carolina and Georgia. They...

Why Are More Black Americans Committing Suicide?

Two devastating losses marked the beginning of this year. The death of an attorney, former Miss USA, activist, and entertainment news correspondent Cheslie Kryst and up-and-coming...

The African-American community and Christianity

Is it time for another emancipation proclamation from Christianity for a community that has been oppressed by it for 200+ years? June 19th, also known...

Racial Violence Act Don’t Happen in a Bubble – They Happen in America!

Racial violence has impacted almost every ethnic and racial group in the US, it had a particularly horrific effect on African American life. By Alexa...

4 ways to kickstart a wellness routine, according to health experts

(BPT) - When it comes to leading a healthy lifestyle, it's the small decisions and changes that have a great impact on our individual...

Are You At Risk For Falling?

Have you falling and not been able to get up? It can be a very scary experience! 1 in 4 adults fall. 3 million...

African American History You Probably Weren’t Taught in School

African American History

40 Black History Facts

Black History for you to enjoy! Fact #1: As a child, Muhammad Ali was refused an autograph by his boxing idol, Sugar Ray Robinson. When...

10 Health Tips for African-Americans: 6 Shocking Facts

Although March is officially National Nutrition Month, any time is a good time to eat more nutritiously, points out the Society for Public Health...

Omarion Ikaika Calloway: Black Teen Accepted into Over 21 Universities With More Than $1.3 Million in Scholarship Awards

Omarion Ikaika Calloway, A 17-year-old boy, a senior at Park Crossing High School in Montgomery, Alabama, has been accepted into over 21 universities

Lawsuits over bans on teaching critical race theory are coming – here’s what won’t work, and what might

As states and school districts started threatening teachers with disciplinary action for teaching about systemic racism, the question naturally arose: Does this violate the...

Dad Teams Up With 11-Year-Old Son to Convert School Bus into Mobile Learning Center

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The Inspirational Journey of Mr. Rick: A Visionary Motivational Speaker Transforming Lives in West Georgia

White and Black activists worked strategically in parallel in Detroit 50 years ago, fighting for civil rights

Black entrepreneurs are often shut out from capital, but here’s how some are removing barriers

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