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Social media star Alysha Burney, who amassed more than 5 million followers on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, died while vacationing in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, with her family. She was 24.
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By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michelle Obama will let her own voice be heard on a new podcast. The former first lady will host 'The Michelle Obama Podcast' on the streaming service, the Obama's Higher Ground and Spotify announced Thursday. The podcast will exclusively debut on Spotify on July 29. 'My hope is that this series can be a place to explore meaningful topics together and sort through so many of the questions we're all trying to answer in our own lives,' Obama said in a statement. The new podcast is the first title […]
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Joseph Charles Jenkins, the first African American naval officer, paved the way for the beginning of desegregation in the United States Coast Guard. Jenkins was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1914. Unfortunately, there is little information regarding his childhood.
He began studying at the University of Michigan in 1933 where he was the only African American in the engineering department. He was also affiliated with Alpha Phi Alpha, the first African American Greek letter fraternity. Jenkins graduated in 1937 with a degree in civil engineering. Shortly after graduating, he began working for the Michigan State Highway Department as a highway design engineer. During his time with the highway department, he earned a graduate degree in business administration from Wayne State University. He helped organize the 1279th combat engineer battalion, a segregated unit in the Michigan National Guard in the late 1930s.
On June 15, 1942, Jenkins entered the U.S. Coast Guard as a boatswain’s mate first class. He excelled early on and was promoted to chief petty officer within a month of enlisting. On September 1, Jenkins would become the first African American warrant officer. He was also a recruiter for the Detroit area, mainly focused on enlisting more African Americans. Jenkins applied to the reserve officers training course in New London, Connecticut. He received numerous recommendations from University of Michigan faculty and his commanding officers to support his application, citing his excellent leadership skills and intelligence.
Jenkins completed the training course on April 14, 1943, and earned an officers commission, making him the first officially recognized African American naval officer. In December of 1943, the USS Sea Cloud was commissioned as the first deliberate test of the impact of a desegregated crew operating a ship. The Sea Cloud was a weather patrol ship, running scientific missions mainly along the North Atlantic. Jenkins served as navigation officer and, while doing so, earned a promotion to
The childhood friends are planning to consolidate their media companies into a single conglomerate, SpringHill, which has a purpose of serving as a multifaceted platform to empower Black creators and audiences.
The fundraiser was facilitated by Guggenheim, the production company founded by Elisabeth Murdoch herself.
SpringHill Entertainment is the driving force behind NBC’s “The Wall” game show and is also a key contributor in Space Jam: A New Legacy” sequel, which stars James himself.
SpringHill Co. is chaired by LeBron James himself while Maverick Carter serves as the CEO.
If the board of SpringHill is any indication, the company should be a force when it comes to promoting quality content and driving diversity in the business and media industries.
Madagascar on Sunday announced the first death of a patient suffering from novel coronavirus, nearly two months after it was first detected in the country.
The 57-year-old hospital worked died on Saturday and had underlying diabetes and high blood pressure before he was infected, an official from the anti-coronavirus task team said.
He was a car park attendant at a hospital in the eastern city of Toamasina.
Several African countries have ordered or expressed interest in the purported remedy, which is known as Covid-Organics.
But the World Health Organization has warned against \"adopting a product that has not been taken through tests to see its efficacy\".
Black America Web Featured Video CLOSE Source: Westend61 / Getty There are a lot of things you can accomplish on a six hour flight. Travel enthusiast Cassy Isabella used the…
Hip-Hop's most hated troll is up to his old tricks again. This time the rainbow haired stool pigeon used a late great to get some shine. As spotted on HipHopDX, Tekashi 6ix9ine paid a trip to California. His visit for the most part didn't produce any big headlines he did make a calculated pit stop to […]
[The Herald] She succumbed to Covid-19 last night at the age of 48.
In 1969, she convinced three of her church-singing siblings to form the Grammy-winning Pointer Sisters.
