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Well-Deserved: Cicely Tyson Set To Receive Honorary Oscar

Well-Deserved: Cicely Tyson Set To Receive Hono...

  Photo credit:  Emilio Madrid-Kuser Come November, the legendary Cicely Tyson will finally be receiving an Oscar.  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Tyson as one of its...

Well-Deserved: Cicely Tyson Set To Receive Hono...

  Photo credit:  Emilio Madrid-Kuser Come November, the legendary Cicely Tyson will finally be receiving an Oscar.  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Tyson as one of its...

'Change Is Coming': Ayanna Pressley Set To Become The First Black Woman Elected To Congress From Massachusetts

'Change Is Coming': Ayanna Pressley Set To Beco...

  Photo credit: Alena Kuzub/Getty Images On Tuesday night, Ayanna Pressley, the first Black woman to serve on Boston's City Council, defeated 10-term incumbent congressman Mike Capuano in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts’...

'Change Is Coming': Ayanna Pressley Set To Beco...

  Photo credit: Alena Kuzub/Getty Images On Tuesday night, Ayanna Pressley, the first Black woman to serve on Boston's City Council, defeated 10-term incumbent congressman Mike Capuano in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts’...

Meet Jeri Villarreal, One Of The First Hijabi Athletes To Compete In The Chicago Triathlon

Meet Jeri Villarreal, One Of The First Hijabi A...

Photo credit: Sid Hastings/ Chicago Tribune  This past weekend, St. Louis native Jeri Villarreal made history by becoming the one of the first hijabi athletes to compete in the Chicago Triathlon....

Meet Jeri Villarreal, One Of The First Hijabi A...

Photo credit: Sid Hastings/ Chicago Tribune  This past weekend, St. Louis native Jeri Villarreal made history by becoming the one of the first hijabi athletes to compete in the Chicago Triathlon....

Martesha Johnson Sworn In As The First African American Metropolitan Public Defender For Nashville-Davidson County

Martesha Johnson Sworn In As The First African ...

Photo via: Martesha Jonson  On Tuesday night, Martesha Johnson made history when she was sworn in as the first African American Metropolitan Public Defender for Nashville-Davidson County. Her historic swearing-in ceremony was held at...

Martesha Johnson Sworn In As The First African ...

Photo via: Martesha Jonson  On Tuesday night, Martesha Johnson made history when she was sworn in as the first African American Metropolitan Public Defender for Nashville-Davidson County. Her historic swearing-in ceremony was held at...

Wanda Austin Becomes University Of Southern California's First Woman And African American Interim President

Wanda Austin Becomes University Of Southern Cal...

Photo credit: USC Photo/Steve Cohn Recently, the USC Board of Trustees appointed engineer and businesswoman Wanda Austin as interim president, making her the first woman and African American to lead...

Wanda Austin Becomes University Of Southern Cal...

Photo credit: USC Photo/Steve Cohn Recently, the USC Board of Trustees appointed engineer and businesswoman Wanda Austin as interim president, making her the first woman and African American to lead...

Howard University Student And Siblings Set To Compete In 2020 Summer Olympics

Howard University Student And Siblings Set To C...

Photo credit: Tom Maguire/ The Sun Chronicle Howard University senior, Latroya Pina, is gearing up to compete in the 2020 Summer Olympic Games on the first-ever Cape Verde National Swim...

Howard University Student And Siblings Set To C...

Photo credit: Tom Maguire/ The Sun Chronicle Howard University senior, Latroya Pina, is gearing up to compete in the 2020 Summer Olympic Games on the first-ever Cape Verde National Swim...