Tag: black history month

Wrapping up Black History Month by honoring a milestone of unmatched excellence. Miss USA, Miss Teen USA & Miss America are all powerful, crowned Black queens. Gracing the cover of Essence, they are wrapped in legacy, resilience, and brilliance.

Tatiana Ali and Karyn Parsons celebrated Black History Month at a DonorsChoose event in New York. They highlighted funding for classroom projects that center Black stories and students, with Tatiana joking that Karyn left her hanging on a Dougie video.

During Black History Month, author Antonio Michael Downing discussed his novel Black Cherokee. The fictional story resonates with historical truth, exploring the nuanced reality and painful history of being both Black and Indigenous in North America.

Since 1990, 13 Black and Black Biracial women have shaped the history of Miss USA. From the military to STEM and journalism to criminal justice reform, these women broke barriers, redefined leadership, and used the crown for impact far beyond the stage.

A hidden passageway in the Merchant's House Museum's 1832 dresser—first confirmed in Manhattan in over 100 years—links builder Joseph Brewster, a dedicated abolitionist, to aiding enslaved people's escape via a ladder to the basement pantry.

Talent runs in the family! R&B icon Ne-Yo and his son Mason just delivered a viral-worthy performance of Michael Jackson's 'Human Nature' at a school Black History Month program.