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Because of Them We Can Weekly Roundup
This is amazing! HBO recently released a documentary exploring the life of Michael Tubbs, the youngest mayor in America and the first Black mayor of Stockton, California. According to CNBC, Tubbs grew up in Stockton, born to a teen mom and an incarcerated father; he was just one year old when his mother received her high school diploma. Despite an environment overshadowed by poverty and violence, Tubbs had a strong familial foundation that...
Sisters are doin' it for themselves! The 2020 Emmys are sure to be historic as composer Amanda Jones and comedian Nicole Byer become the first Black women to receive Emmy nominations in their respective fields. Amanda Jones burst onto the scene as a leading voice in the television sphere, composing scores for hit shows like, "Cherish the Day," "Twenties," and "A Black Lady Sketch Show." Now the talented composer is...
There's a new President in town! Veteran producer Alana Mayo has just been named the new President of MGM's Orion Pictures, Deadline reports. Mayo is a veteran industry executive and producer. They previously served as Head of Production and Development for Michael B. Jordan's studio Outlier Society. She oversaw a bevy of films via Warner Bros and several TV series via Amazon Studios, including Just Mercy, Emmy-nominated Fahrenheit 451, Netflix's Raising Dion and Fashionably Black. Before that, Mayo served as Vice President of...
Growing a healthy community! What started as healing circles for teens in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd has resulted in a pop-up market selling fresh produce on the west side of Chicago where a liquor store once stood. Teens from the By The Hand Kids Club, an after school program in the Austin neighborhood, worked with former Chicago Bears linebacker Sam Acho and others to build Austin...
This is how you pay it forward! An Iowa restaurant owner is giving away hundreds of free meals to residents after the state was devastated by storms, Essence reports. Willie Fairley is the owner of Willie Ray's Q Shack in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The area was recently ravaged by powerful derechos, leaving more than 800 buildings majorly damaged and dozens in the hospital with injuries. Fairley decided that he would bring a little reprieve...
What a blessing! The oldest living American with over 200 descendants just celebrated her 116th birthday, Blavity reports. Ms. Hester Ford is a South Carolina native who was born in 1904, making this her 116th year on earth. Ford was raised on a farm and picked cotton as a young girl, marrying her husband John Ford at just 14 years old and giving birth to the first of 12 children...
Cooperative economics at work! In Toomsboro, Georgia, a group of 19 Black families banned together to create what has the potential to be the next Black Wall Steet. Black people are resilient, we've had to be to thrive under systems that weren't built for us. This resiliency has created innovative solutions to impossible problems such as racial injustices, food insecurity, and a lack of secure and safe communities. Ashley Scott, a realtor...
Master P continues to expand his portfolio for the culture! Hip Hop icon Master P just announced the expansion of his Rap Snacks brand to include a new line of foods as Uncle Bens and Aunt Jemima are taken off the shelves, Black Enterprise reports. As a result of current racial unrest, corporations have been reckoning with their racist histories. One of those companies is Quaker Oats, which owns the famous Aunt...
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