Category: Black Excellence

— DANA GIVENS, BLACK ENTERPRISE Dr. Monique Mendes has become the first Black woman to receive a Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Rochester. The Jamaican-born, first-generation college graduate says the announcement came as a shock to her, not even realizing she had done so until informed. “I didn’t know I was the first Black […]

— “We hope that this empowers women from varying communities to see themselves through this collaboration, while highlighting the need for equality of women in the arts.” — ARIANA YAPTANGCO, ELLE Freedom is a means of expression, and YSL Beauty knows there’s no better way to express ourselves than through beauty and art. One year […]

From Omar on The Wire to Montrose on Lovecraft Country, the actor discusses Black masculinity and why he’s never been afraid of being typecast. — Gabrielle Bruney, Esquire New York, it’s said, is over, dying or already dead, shortly to sink into the sea. But Michael Kenneth Williams isn’t among the growing ranks of NYC pessimists. What would […]

— Kimberly Adams and Candace Manriquez Wrenn, Marketplace.org It’s Labor Day, a day to recognize work, and there’s a lot of work happening right now on racial and economic equity. Part of that conversation is the legacy of Civil Rights leader John Lewis, the subject of a recent documentary profile co-produced by Erika Alexander. Alexander is an […]

By Madison365 staff, Madison 365 Nearly two years after taking over the department, Milwaukee Health Department Commissioner Dr. Jeanette Kowalik announced her resignation Wednesday morning. “It is with mixed emotions that I have submitted my resignation to Mayor Tom Barrett to join the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH), a national leader in health policy,” Kowalik […]

As the only Black woman on her course at university, Cairo Aibangbee created Black Girls Brunch – an event committed to amplifying and empowering Black women in the UK. Now, two years later, she’s successfully fundraised over £3,000 to give more Black women a seat at the table. Here, she tells Stylist’s Lauren Geallabout how the event has grown over the […]

By Selena Hill, Black Enterprise Debra L. Lee, the former chairman and CEO of Black Entertainment Television (BET), has been appointed to the board of directors at the Procter & Gamble Company (P&G), a multinational consumer goods company that manufactures brands like Always, Bounty, Charmin, Crest, Dawn, Febreze, Gillette, Tide, and Vicks. Her appointment began Wednesday. “We are […]

“This is a complete step back in the wrong direction,” the artist said. By Wilson Wong, NBC News A recent installment of long-running syndicated comic strip “Six Chix” tackling anti-mask rhetoric from a Black Lives Matter movement perspective was pulled from some newspapers last Tuesday. Founded in 2000, “Six Chix” is a collaborative comic strip […]

By Allen Wallace, Cola Daily A Columbia artist is now a winner of the highest award given by the comic book industry. Sanford Greene, along with co-creators David Walker and Chuck Brown, was awarded the Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series for “Bitter Root.” The Eisner Awards, given for creative achievement in American comic books, […]