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31/08/2023

Harlem Debutante Ball, 1940s.

24/08/2023

"As a teenager, Lewis confided to a friend, “I know that what I’d like to be is the richest Black man in America.” Forbes Magazine
You can see from these photos that a successful entrepreneur's look and smile were always present on the face of Young Reginald F. Lewis. OK!! if not always, most of the time.

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23/08/2023

Dennis “Maliq” Barnes, the high school senior who earned scholarship offers from over 150 schools, rannounced his college decision.

30/07/2023

Here's how India Rose turned her knowledge of Black business on Martha's Vineyard into a Black Business Directory

29/07/2023

Jaylen Brown just signed the largest contract in NBA history ($304M for 5 years) and is an academic genius:

• Top of his class in H.S.
• Went to University of California, Berkeley
• Chess Varsity team
• Can play piano & guitar
• Took graduate classes as a freshman
• Learned multiple languages
• Youngest person to ever lecture at Harvard
• MIT media lab fellow
• Offered a NASA internship
• Youngest (22) NBAPA Vice President ever in 2016
• Was teaching a robotics session while $304 Million contract was finalized

Brown is also an advocate for social justice and plans on building a Black Wall Street in the loval Boston community!

22/07/2023

07/07/2023

These are just a few of the faith centered quotes that Denzel Washington has shared with the world.

03/07/2023

Shetellia Riley Irving, Kyrie Irving's agent and stepmom has made history as the first Black woman to negotiate and finalize an NBA contract 👏🏾

Kyrie just re-signed with Dallas for 3 years, $126M!

30/06/2023

Naomi Campbell is proving it's never too late to be a mother ... lettin' her fans know about her brand new baby she's welcomed at 53 years old!

04/06/2023

Taylor Swift, Oprah and Kim Kardashian are among the richest self-made women in America, according to a list released by Forbes Thursday.

01/06/2023

Khari Willis, a safety for the Indianapolis Colts, made a surprise announcement Wednesday, saying he was leaving the team before his fourth season started in order to dedicate himself to “the advancement of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.” Willis, 26, made the announcement on his Instagram account. ...

27/05/2023

Here are 20+ Black-owned businesses, from restaurants to spas, for you to check out during your next trip to Martha's Vineyard.

20/04/2023

Zoe Slaughter, the first African American player in Texas A&M Women's Golf history, gave Texas A&M one of its biggest moments ever 👏

Her putt for par on the third playoff hole won her team the Southeastern Conference title!

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14/03/2023

Singer Ciara and football player, Russell Wilson spent some time with several hundred inmates at a Florida maximum security prison

06/03/2023

Issa Rae has opened a fourth location for her community-driven café Hilltop Coffee + Kitchen in Los Angeles. The post Issa Rae’s Hilltop Coffee + Kitchen Opens Its Fourth Community-Driven Café In L…

26/02/2023

Idlewild is a vacation and retirement community in Yates Township located in a small rural northwestern part of the U.S. state of Michigan near the southeastern border of Lake County. It was one of only a few resorts in the country where African-Americans were allowed to vacation and purchase property before this discrimination became illegal in 1964.

Idlewild surrounds the lake it was named for. The headwaters of the Pere Marquette River run through here, with a couple of public access points adjacent to Broadway Road, where it crosses. About half of the township is contained in the Manistee National Forest.

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Called the "Black Eden", from 1912 through the mid-1960s, Idlewild was an active year-round community and was visited by well-known entertainers and professionals from throughout the country. At its peak it was the most popular resort in the Midwest and as many as 25,000 would come to Idlewild in the height of the summer season to enjoy camping, swimming, boating, fishing, hunting, horseback riding, roller skating and night-time entertainment.

When the 1964 Civil Rights Act opened up other resorts to African-Americans, Idlewild's boomtown period subsided but the community continues to be an important place for vacationers and retirees and as a heritage landmark.

The community of Idlewild continues to be recognized as one of the oldest, most famous, and most memorable African American resort communities in contemporary United States history. Idlewild was founded one hundred years ago in 1912. Recognized as an intellectual center for African Americans, Idlewild was and continues to be an oasis for black economic success and community development

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15/02/2023

Rima Fakih gave her life to Christ last month in the run-up to her marriage in Lebanon next week to Wassim Sal Salibi, a wealthy music producer who is a Maronite Christian.

01/02/2023

A Black woman is bringing a boutique hotel made of shipping containers to Indianapolis in the summer of 2022. Robin Staten, an Indy native , is the...

31/01/2023

MAJOR NEWS!! 🗞️ Nicole Lynn becomes the First Black Woman Agent to represent an NFL Quarterback () in the Super Bowl 👏🏽💁🏽‍♀️