NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson Dies At Age 101
NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, whose calculations helped America’s first human spaceflight in 1961, has died at the age of 101, the space agency said Monday. Johnson was among a team…
McDonald’s Now Has Quarter Pounder-Scented Candles
Quarter Pounder Scented Candle Pack (Image: Golden Arches Unlimited) Have you ever not wanted to leave a McDonald’s restaurant because the scent of the burgers leaves you in ecstasy? Have…
Black Doctors Unite To Open The First Black-Owned Urgent Care Center In Chicago’s Southside
Last spring, a group of black doctors, Reuben C. Rutland, MD, Airron Richardson, MD, Michael A. McGee, MD, and former NFL player Dr. Gregory Primus, teamed up to open the…
Meet The Three Brothers Who Are Launching A Black-Owned Kentucky Bourbon Brand
Three brothers are planning to launch their own Kentucky bourbon through their company Brough Brothers Distillery in honor of their surname. According to BlackBusiness.com, it will be one of the…
Model, Restaurateur and Author, B. Smith Dead at Age 70 of Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease
Image: File Barbara Elaine Smith, professionally known as B. Smith, died Saturday, February 22, 2020 of Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease, according to her family. The 2010 Black Enterprise’s Women of…
Black Woman Becomes the First Doctor to Cure Cancer in Mice Using Nanoparticles
Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green has become the first person to successfully cure cancer in mice using laser-activated nanoparticles, according to Black Culture News. Unlike traditional cancer treatments, Green’s revolutionary and unique…
With Passing Of B. Smith, Legacy Of Grand Lady of Style Lives On
There was no one like her. Barbara Smith, known throughout much of the world simply as “B,” was a trailblazer, a risk taker and an enterprising gate crasher. But she…
103-year-old Black Woman Still Helps Run the Pie Shop she Opened in 1952
Woodruff’s Café & Pie Shop first opened in 1952 and its founder, 103-year-old Mary Woodruff, still helps run the business. In the 1950s, she and her husband, James, constructed the…
Dr Nikki Bell, aka The Lip Doctor, Builds Two Cosmetic Practices in NYC
Long Island native Dr. Nikki Bell, also known as “The Lip Doctor” is not your traditional dentist. As a result of fusing dentistry and advanced esthetics, she has risen to…
FreakNik To Return This Summer As 3-Day Festival Called Freak World
Get ready for it. FreakNik is returning. This summer. The legendary Black Spring Break event in Atlanta, Georgia, will return as a three-day festival called Freak World. It will feature…