Black Excellence
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Black Excellence: Donata Katai Is 1st Black Swimmer to Represent Zimbabwe in Olympic Games
The predominately Black country has previously only been represented by white swimmers in the Olympic Games.
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Double-Talk: Two Black Girl Debaters Make History at Harvard University’s Summer Competition
The Atlanta teens are the first Black female duo to win the annual summer debate competition, earning the Harvard Diversity Project's 4th straight championship.
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Congress Set to Honor WWII Battalion Composed of Black Women
Of the 855 who served, only seven are still alive to receive the Congressional Gold Medal.
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After Snagging Big Wins at the ESPY Awards, Naomi Osaka Is Honored With Her Own Barbie
The doll in Osaka's likeness is now a permanent part of Barbie's 'Role Model' series.
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Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner Zaila Avant-Garde Offered Full-Ride Scholarships to Multiple Universities
Avant-garde became the first African-American to ever win the competition.
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Spell 'Historic': Zaila Avant-Garde Is the 1st-Ever African American Scripps National Spelling Bee Champion
The 14-year-old is also the first student from Louisiana to win the competition and is a very talented—and Guinness World record-holding—basketball player.
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Black Alabama Teen Raises $38,000 for Children With Cancer by Cutting 19-Inch Afro
Imagine being 17 years old and possessing the ingenuity and selflessness to even think of something like tuning your hair into help for others.
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Simone Biles Is Running Out of Records to Break After Winning 7th Consecutive National Women's All-Around Title
On Sunday, while the rest of you heathens were crowded around your TVs watching Floyd Mayweather manhandle Logan Paul, Simone Biles was in Fort Worth, Texas, doing what she does best: breaking another damn record. During the U.S. Gymnastics Championships, CNN reports that the four-time Olympic gold medalist took home her record seventh national women’s…
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18-Year-Old Gives Inspiring Speech After Becoming 1st Black Male Valedictorian at California High School
While graduation season is always a particularly heartwarming time, I have to say it feels a little more special this year. This year’s graduating class had to endure a school year that was unlike any other, with the pandemic and virtual learning creating what I can only imagine was one arduous senior year. Ahmed Muhammad,…
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I Don't Know What the Hell a Yurchenko Double Pike Is, But Simone Biles Just Became the 1st Woman to Ever Land One
Simone Biles, who prides herself on consistently doing otherworldly, Simone Biles things, just added another spectacular feat to her resume—because of course she did. On Saturday, while appearing in her first gymnastics meet since October 2019, CNN reports that the defending world champion gymnast completed a notoriously difficult move—the Yurchenko double pike—while competing at the…