Category: Careers
Growing Up Black and Korean in America
“My Asian” is a lyrical short film from the perspective of poet and performer Suzen Baraka, which tells her story of growing up Black and Korean in America.
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Oneika Phillips Brings a Taste of the Caribbean to Broadway
The burst of energy known as Oneika Phillips is a Guyanese-born performer raised on the island of...
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Remembering 9/11 Through a Different Lens
Surrounded by multiple monitors of raw footage in the control room at CNN’s headquarters, producer Jennifer C. Thomas distilled the harrowing images of 9/11 to bring the story into the world’s living rooms.
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Sowing Her Dream: Deep Roots Organic Farm
An organic, Black woman-owned farm is thriving and bringing change to life just outside of...
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Riots and Racism Led Journalist to Fight for the Voiceless
Witnessing riots and being held at gunpoint fueled a journalist’s determination to be a change agent.
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Coronavirus Won’t Shut Down Entrepreneurial Spirit
SHAE Movement African Arts in Charlotte, North Carolina, has moved yoga classes online during the...
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15 Fiercest Sisters of 2017
Black girls rock — from the polls to the silver screen. We’re triple threats. We’re...
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Katherine Johnson Joins ‘Hidden Figures’ Cast for Oscar Surprise
Katherine C. Johnson brought audience members at the 2017 Oscars to their feet in a standing...
Read MoreChanging the Face of Medicine
“You can’t be what you can’t see,”says Joycelyn Elders, M.D. The former U.S. Surgeon General is...
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#BlackGirlMagic Hits the Academy. But When Will It Hit Our Paychecks?
“Good news, bad news,” writes Angela Bronner Helm on a new study from the National...
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Fierce Friday: Tips for the New Grad in Your Life
College students are walking across the stage and into their future careers over the next several...
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Black Nurses: Healing Their Community
The history of African-American nurses is not just a critical piece of women’s history, it’s an...
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Fierce Voices
Inequality Is an Underlying COVID-19 Risk Factor
African Americans are still contracting the coronavirus. During the height of the pandemic, we contracted COVID-19 at an alarming rate, accounting for up to 70% of deaths in some areas. Dr. Melissa Clarke is among the physicians who have been at the forefront of keeping us healthy on her own and as a member of the Black Coalition Against COVID. Click here to read more.
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