Compton’s Phillips Sisters Making Major Moves On The Golf Course
“Education is always the first priority,” said Jasimen Phillips. “So our first goal is full-ride scholarships to Stanford.”
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Ballou High School Seniors Have A 100% College Acceptance Rate For The First Time Ever
“There are some schools and communities where college is an automatic next step. There is no celebration,” said Ballou’s Principal Yetunde Reeves told the Washington Post. “Our kids don’t get that same message. We are trying to create an environment where going to college is what Ballou does as well.”
Continue ReadingTracy K. Smith is New U.S. Poet Laureate
Tracy K. Smith was named the United States Poet Laureate this week by the Library of Congress. The 45-year-old is the 22nd person to receive this honor, the highest honor in the poetry field.
Continue ReadingJessica Watkins, The Only Black Woman In NASA’s 2017 Astronaut Class
NASA made their official announcement Wednesday. They chose 12 individuals out of a record number of 18,300 applicants. Watkins isn’t just the only Black woman who made it among the exclusive group, she is also the youngest.
Continue ReadingBoys 2 Bowties Provides A Platform For Young Males To Become Respectable Young Men
Boys 2 Bowties provides a platform for young males to become respectable residents for the future.
Continue ReadingObamas To Donate $2M To Chicago Summer Jobs Program
“One of the things that we’ll be starting this year is Michelle and I are personally going to donate $2 million to our summer jobs programs here in the community,” he said at the South Shore Cultural Center. “[It’s] so that right away young people can get to work and we can start providing opportunities to all of them.”
Continue ReadingBlack Ohio Quadruplets All Head To Yale University
Nick, Nigel, Zachary and Aaron Wade made the announcement on the “TODAY Show” Monday after removing their jackets to reveal Yale t-shirts. We are so very proud of these brothers. Way to go young men!
Continue ReadingGabrielle Union Writes New Book
Gabrielle Union is getting real in her new book titled, We’re Going To Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny Complicated, and True. A book that reveals the inside story of her life
Continue ReadingTwins Accepted Into 40 Colleges, Receiving $900K In Scholarships
The scholars have narrowed down their choices to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, North Carolina, and Howard University in Washington, D.C. They still have some time to make a decision.
Continue ReadingEssence Honors ‘Woke 100 Women’
The feature #Woke100 women are socially conscious in the fight for Black liberation.
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