This year, we continued to use our platform to highlight Black history, excellence, positive news and feel good stories. As we remain committed to this task going into the new year, we'd like to reflect on our top 8 Because of Them We Can moments of 2018. Check them out below.
1. We kicked off Black History Month with our CNN inspired video of kids reporting that Black excellence is at an all-time high. Definitely deserves a rewatch.
2. "Black Panther" (and Wakanda) was finally introduced to the world and continued to break record after record.
3. Shea Moisture founder Richelieu Dennis purchased Madam C.J. Walker's 34- room mansion and made plans to turn it into a training center for Black women entrepreneurs.
4. Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald's official portraits of our Forever President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama were released during Black History Month.
5. Michelle Obama met Parker Curry (the little girl who was awestruck by her official portrait that hangs in the National Portrait Gallery).
6. LeBron James turned his dream of opening a school in his hometown of Akron, Ohio into a reality.
7. Pioneering NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson returned to her alma mater of West Virginia State University a day before her 100th birthday for the unveiling of her very own statue.
8. And for our final top moment, we launched Because of Them We Can Box, a monthly subscription box of Black history and excellence for kids.
Cheers to celebrating even more Black excellence in the new year. Happy 2019!