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The 2024 election and a court-ordered redistricting led to this result: next year, Alabama will have two Black U.S. House members serving together, for the first time in history.  Shomari Figures, elected Tuesday night to represent the 2nd Congressional District, will join U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Bimingham, who has served in the U.S. House of […]

Two and a half decades after GM Maurice Ashley became the first African American grandmaster, GM-elect Brewington Hardaway has climbed to the top of the mountain. Born in the Bronx, New York, 15-year-old Hardaway has completed the requirements to become the first African-American GM to be born on U.S. soil. Ashley was born in Jamaica […]

Newzoo has analyzed the top-grossing PC and console games for the third quarter of 2024. Here are the key findings, including the performance of new releases and the dominance of sports franchises. Black Myth: Wukong (left), EA Sports College Football 25 (right) EA Sports College Football 25 was the highest-grossing PC and console game* in […]

Vanessa Williams Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images When Vanessa Williams was crowned Miss America, her life instantly changed. Not only did the win bring her new responsibilities within the pageant world, but she also made history becoming the first Black woman to earn the special title. “I had the responsibility of something that I never thought would […]

Pioneering 1st Black female pilot makes her retirement flight  Good Morning America Source link

Pioneering 1st Black female pilot makes her retirement flight  Good Morning America Source link

WASHINGTON- — U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, and three other congressional Democrats called on President Joe Biden to “pass the torch” and step aside as his party’s nominee.” The video above is from a previous report. Fellow Democratic Reps. Jared Huffman of California, Chuy Garcia of Illinois, and Mark Pocan joined Veasey in a […]

Indiana’s first Black woman nominee for a U.S. Senate seat, Dr. Valerie McCray, is determined to “keep pushing” forward despite trailing in the polls.  With 35 years of experience in the field of psychology, many would agree McCray is more than qualified to address the increase of systemic issues happening within the U.S. government. She […]

JULY 15, 1867 Credit: National Park Service Maggie Lena Walker, the first African-American and first known female bank president to charter a bank in the United States, was born in Richmond, Virginia. She championed help for the impoverished and gave loans to Black Americans starting businesses.  “Let us have a bank,” she said, “that will […]

Giant pandas eating bamboo at Bifengxia Panda Base in Sichuan, China. Christophe Boisvieux | The Image Bank | Getty Images For the first time in more than two decades, giant pandas are en route from China to a San Diego zoo in the U.S. — a sign that Beijing is resuming its so-called “panda diplomacy” […]


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