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1st Black woman astronaut to live and work on the International Space Station

November 24, 2021 - 09:30 AM BAMM Network - Jessica Watkins, a 33-year old female astronaut from Lafayette, Colorado, will make history in April 2022 when she becomes the first Black woman to live and work on the International Space Station. Watkins will serve as a mission specialist on the ISS as part of the SpaceX Crew-4, which is the fourth batch of astronauts on a flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. She is one of the 4 members of the crew who will live on the ISS for 6 months. Since 2017, Watkins has been an astronaut in NASA where she worked in its research centers, particularly on the Mars rover Curiosity. Her mis...

"Angry Black Woman" stereotype crushed with smiling, happy products

November 02, 2021 - 12:10 PM BAMM Network - Daveia Odoi, owner/ illustrator of Black-owned stationery brand, The DynaSmiles by DNT, has launched 3 of her designer journals in Target stores online. Each journal features artwork that celebrates the beauty and joy of Black women. The announcement comes a year and a half...

Does the 58th anniversary March on Washington illuminate missteps of the past and present?

October 25, 2021 - 02:35 PM By TOLSON BANNER - Martin Luther King, Jr. (King of Love) in his prophetic way differentiated between the drum major instinct and the drum major. The King of Love warned us of the drum major instinct in which he acknowledged led to a lot of the race problems in America: A need for some people to fee...

Former NFL player creates platform for Black community to invest in billion dollar sneaker culture

October 18, 2021 - 05:05 PM Nationwide — Gerome Sapp, a former NFL player for the Baltimore Ravens and the Indianapolis Colts, is now the founder and CEO of Rares, a sneakerhead investing platform that allows consumers to invest in real sneakers by buying and trading fractional shares of the shoes. His co...

Pamela Uba makes history as the first Black Miss Ireland

September 17, 2021 - 02:10 PM NATIONWIDE (BAMM Network) — After winning the Miss Galway crown, Pamela Uba continues to break barriers with her recent coronation as Miss Ireland 2021. And for the first time in 74 years, she became the first Black woman to hold the title since 1947. The 26-year old part-time mode...

First, she was a survivor: #MeToo’s Burke tells her story

September 17, 2021 - 08:51 AM By JOCELYN NOVECK (AP) - “Maybe it won’t catch on.” That’s what Tarana Burke was thinking — indeed, hoping — when she first found out the phrase “MeToo” was suddenly circulating online in October 2017, in the wake of shocking revelations about Ho...

Female Black founder empowers entrepreneurs with free franchise ownership webinar

September 16, 2021 - 09:10 AM NATIONWIDE (BAMM Network) — The rise of new businesses at an unprecedented rate is now providing more accessibility to franchising, especially to the Black community. To support her fellow entrepreneurs and business owners, Tamika Franklyn, founder of Precision Franchise, launches a free webin...

Atlanta Black Pride to go on with coronavirus precautions

August 30, 2021 - 11:05 AM ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Black Pride organizers say the annual celebration will happen Labor Day weekend as planned with some precautions to protect against the spread of COVID-19. The larger Atlanta Pride festival and parade planned for October were canceled Wednesday because of concerns about...

Black woman succeeds in getting 94% of Alabama town vaccinated

August 29, 2021 - 07:10 PM Nationwide — Dorothy Oliver, a Black woman from Panola, Alabama, is getting national attention and receiving high praises for her dedication to helping almost everyone in her small town to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Panola, Alabama, a small rural town that currently has about 400 r...

Family stunned as COVID kills high schooler

August 28, 2021 - 09:05 PM MIAMI (FL) — In Columbia County, which now leads Florida in COVID-19 cases per capita, 17-year-old Jo’Keria Graham died just days before she started her senior year of high school. The teen, who loved taking care of kids and called her grandparents daily to check on them or help at their...

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1st Black woman astronaut to live and work on the International Space Station

"Angry Black Woman" stereotype crushed with smiling, happy products

Does the 58th anniversary March on Washington illuminate missteps of the past and present?

Former NFL player creates platform for Black community to invest in billion dollar sneaker culture

Pamela Uba makes history as the first Black Miss Ireland

First, she was a survivor: #MeToo’s Burke tells her story

Female Black founder empowers entrepreneurs with free franchise ownership webinar

Atlanta Black Pride to go on with coronavirus precautions

Black woman succeeds in getting 94% of Alabama town vaccinated

Family stunned as COVID kills high schooler

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