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Isaiah Cooper, 16, is the youngest African American pilot to fly over the continental United States, according to ABC13. The Compton teenager clocked more than 8,000 miles over 13 days and landed in the Compton-Woodley Airport around 10 a.m. this past Tuesday.

Paul Quinn College has been playing a role in the advancement of black people since it was founded in 1872 to educate freed slaves. Today, it’s looking for new ways to innovate education and further prove the necessity of HBCU’s moving forward. The college has recently announced a plan to introduce the African-American Leadership Institute […]

At a recent rally in Los Angeles, Donald Trump spoke to a crowd about the disturbances that occurred at previous rallies, including the “thugs” in San Jose and the “African-American guy who is a fan” of his but punched someone dressed as a member of the KKK in Arizona. From his point of view, Trump believes […]

It may have been a long time coming but ESPN has launched their African-American sports and culture blog, The Undefeated. It has been in the works for three years.

Get the right group of Hollywood players in one room and you can do some pretty amazing things. Denzel Washington is one of those people who has the clout and the means to make big things happen for Black communities. And, a recent fundraising party – which led to his helping the Smithsonian African American Museum – is […]

Dr. Cathy J. Cohen not only founded the Black Youth Project in 2004, she has been at the helm of research on Black youth for many years. Her work with BYP and BYP100 stems directly from her academic fortitude of investigating the ways that society engages with race, how institutions profit from the exploitation of […]

This past week has seen a lot of high profile organizations showing major support for people of color. It’s actually becoming quite a trend. For example, the first Congressional Caucus for Black Women and Girls was just crated and the NoVo Foundation is donating $90 million to helping women of color. Now, Microsoft is making […]

Even though this Black History Month will go down in history as the boldest one in a lifetime, it is a shame that we are still seeing firsts in 2016. There’s also no coincidence that all of these Black “firsts” are being announced in February. Harvard University has made the esteemed epidemiologist Michelle Williams the […]

What a month it has already been, and it’s only the fourth day in. According to the Associated Press, the Smithsonian Institution announced on Monday that the National Museum of African American History and Culture finally has an open date: September 24, 2016.

NBC celebrates Black History Month in a number of ways, but their newest vertical NBCBLK is offering some special.

“Well instead of Starbucks coffee on every corner you’ll find plenty of fried plantains.” –Ngozi, “An African City” In 1998, “Sex and the City” kicked off the trend of shows about the complicated lives of professional women.  However, when you watch shows of professional women trying to find themselves, the cast is normally white women […]

Lee Mokobe, a nineteen year-old Cape Town, South Africa native, performed this powerful poem about his transgender identity at TedWomen. Watch the video below.