Author: Carma Henry

     Atlanta based eco-friendly company Goodr Co. and rapper Gunna partner to place a free clothing and grocery store in local Atlanta middle school. The newly-opened Goodr Grocery Store and Drip Closet is working to provide resources to underserved and underprivileged communities.

     Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU) has acknowledged that it “is moving towards establishing a Direct Support Organization’’ and has asked its current National Alumni Association to dissolve.

     Lee Daniels, the director of the Oscar-winning 2009 film, Precious, announced some new changes he has made in the film. Daniels mentioned that he sent his white crew home because they couldn’t light the Black actors’ skin properly.

      The alleged “evil” work culture of abuse, racism, and prejudice at “one-size-fits-most” fashion business for teen girls Brandy Melville has been uncovered in a shocking exposé.

        Anthony “AJ” Johnson, the comedian best known for his parts in “Friday” and “House Party,” has died.

      A new grant from Mastercard is supporting Morehouse College and Spelman College in the establishment of a new Center for Black Entrepreneurship! Get the full story about the new $5 million grant from CBS 46 by Iyani Hughes from below.

     In other business, BOT members re-elected Kelvin Lawson as board chairman for a third two-year term. Trustee Kimberly Moore was re-elected vice chair. 

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Congresswoman Cori Bush (D-Missouri), Dr. James Hildreth, Dr. Ebony Hilton, and Olympic record-setter Allyson Felix, each received recognition for their excellence and commitment to the Black community and the world at-large.

      Two former Stockton, California officers were indicted by a grand jury in connection with their alleged beating of a Black teenager at the end of a car chase in 2020.

 Early Saturday, a small group gathered in Washington D.C. to express support for those trapped in a web of accountability after    the Jan. 6 attack on the capitol. While this isn’t the first attempt to reframe the attack on the capitol as something other than insurrection, disregarding the low turnout event could be a mistake.