Savannah State Update: Savannah State University’s (SSU) 1980 alumnus Michael Williams was inducted into the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame at the Museum of Aviation at the Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins, Georgia. The event, held on May 17, also included the induction of Charles Dolson, Douglas G. Matthews, and Sonny Perdue, former Governor of Georgia, immediate past Secretary of Agriculture, and now Chancellor of the University System of Georgia. Williams, an aerospace engineer, aviation industry inventor, award recipient, U.S. patent holder, and a Macon, Georgia native, is the founder and CEO of Jetaire Group, an Atlanta-based avionics…
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Voices, Votes & Vision: The Latest in Politics & Public Policy A Black mother from Colorado shared a viral video of her children admiring her children for their blue eyes and blonde hair. Yes, her Black children. Despite the seemingly odd chance of these features showing up, it’s actually more common than we think. Video will return here when scrolled back into view To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Nadiya Luwan Smith took to TikTok to share clips of her children – both of which have fair skin,…
Empowering Black Entrepreneurship: Stories of Success, Strategy & Growth From the moment Ana de Armas first graced our screens as Paloma in No Time to Die, casually dispatching bad guys in a cocktail dress while delivering the franchise’s most memorable one-liners, it was clear we were witnessing the birth of a new action superstar. Now, with Ballerina, the John Wick universe’s first major spin-off, de Armas doesn’t just confirm her status as a legitimate action icon – she establishes herself as the natural successor to Angelina Jolie’s throne as Hollywood’s most formidable female action lead. The Making of an Action…
From Hollywood to Home: Black Voices in Entertainment For years, the Beckhams have been the ultimate example of a well-adjusted famous family – two loving parents, three talented sons and a young daughter that’s the apple of everyone’s eye. But that image has erupted in recent weeks with rumours of a feud between eldest son Brooklyn, 26, and the rest of his family, as he shirked his dad’s extravagant 50th birthday celebrations. But this alleged feud did not come out of nowhere. In fact, there have been rumblings of a disagreement for years now, stemming back to Brooklyn’s marriage to Nicola Peltz…
Black Athletes in the Spotlight: HBCU Sports & Local Highlights HBCU Gameday has confirmed that Florida A&M University has made a major addition to its athletics department. Maurice “Mo” Sims has been named the Associate Athletic Director for Sports Performance and Wellness at FAMU, a move expected to bolster the health and development of student-athletes across all programs. Sims brings a wealth of experience from some of the nation’s top athletic programs. Most recently, he served on Deion Sanders’ staff at the University of Colorado as the head strength and conditioning coach. He originally joined Sanders at Jackson State in…
Wellness That Matters: Black Health News & Community Care (The Hill) — The Environmental Working Group (EWG) added blackberries and potatoes to its “Dirty Dozen” list of produce containing the most residue of potentially harmful pesticides. Blackberries and potatoes landed in spots No. 10 and No. 12, respectively, on the updated list released Wednesday. They were added based on new data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which tested blackberries for the first time in 2023. The USDA data found that 93 percent of blackberry samples had pesticide residues, with an average of four different pesticides per sample. More…
Tomorrow’s Tech, Today: Innovation That Moves Us Forward In recent months, a new class of agents has arrived on the scene: ones built using large language models. Any action that can be captured by text—from playing a video game using written commands to running a social media account—is potentially within the purview of this type of system.LLM agents don’t have much of a track record yet, but to hear CEOs tell it, they will transform the economy—and soon. Despite that, like chatbot LLMs, agents can be chaotic and unpredictable. Here’s what could happen as we try to integrate them into…
From Campus to Classroom: Stories That Shape Education Morris Brown CollegePresident Dr. Kevin Jameshas announced plans to assist displaced Job Corps students after the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) temporarily paused enrollments and new student arrivals at several centers nationwide, including one in Atlanta. The federal decision has left hundreds of young adults in limbo, disrupting their education and career training. The Job Corps program, a federally funded initiative providing free education and vocational training to low-income individuals aged 16-24, recently halted new enrollments and student transfers at multiple locations due to what the DOL called “operational adjustments.” While the exact reasons…
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Black Travelers: Explore Culture, Adventure & Connection by Keka Araújo June 12, 2025 MLH is definitely the man for this. Prominent academic and activist Marc Lamont Hill recently offered a candid, granular account of a distressing 2024 incident in which an alleged stalker assaulted him onstage. Speaking on the June 12 episode of The Joe Budden Podcast, Hill confirmed he was “pepper-sprayed” during the Q&A segment of a speaking engagement held on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Philadelphia, directly across from his independent bookstore, Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee & Books. “I was mad as shit,” Hill recounted to his co-hosts, who exhibited amusement…