Africatown, located outside of Mobile, Alabama, is a community of Black resistance against Black oppression. The town once had a past of chattel slavery and breaking spirits of enslaved Africans, they resisted, eventually endured, restored, and secured land to establish themselves. Today, the Africatown Historic Preservation Foundation works to preserve the legacy of decades of transportation and environmental challenges. In…
Artist Faith Ringgold has resided on Rikers Island for the past 50 years. This island is also home to New York City’s jail complex created in 1971 for a women’s correctional facility. Ringgold’s public art commission ‘For the Women’s House’ was designed to inspire female inmates. The mural consists of women of different ages, races, and jobs scarcely occupied by…
Cynthia Chavez Lamar is the first native woman to serve as a Smithsonian Museum director. The institution recently announced Chavez as the director of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C, which contains one of the largest collections of Native and Indigenous items in the world. Chavez is a member at San Felipe Pueblo, and her maternal…
The Southern Poverty Law Center provides $50,000 in grants to support civil rights museums. A memorial to the victims of the explosion at a munitions plant in 1973, and a monument to enslaved women who were subjected to medical experiments. Five Black historic sites will receive grants from Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), including the “Mothers of Gynecology” monument, the…
Doctors successfully transplanted a pig heart into 57-year-old David Bennett, saving his life. This is the first time in history where a gene-edited pig has been used as an organ donor. Doctors reported that the Maryland man and his new heart were doing well days after the surgery. Bennett had previous heart conditions that made him ineligible for a human…
Lucy Yu has converted a funeral supply shop in Manhattan’s Chinatown into the cities first Asian American woman-owned bookstore. “Yu and Me” opened officially in mid-December of 2021. In the store, Yu built a snug refuge for a community that has been a target of attacks during the pandemic. The work of legendary New York photographer Corky Lee is on…
The Ludlow Heritage Museum and Norfolk Southern announced a lease agreement to preserve the railroad company’s Ludlow Yard Store House building. The agreement will allow the renovation of the museum building and the repurposing of its new headquarters. The plan is to create more museum space and additional rooms for meetings and events. It is the last remaining original structure…
Brigette Lacquette is now the first indigenous woman to scout for an NHL team, by recent hire by the Chicago Blackhawks. Lacquette has a past with breaking barriers as she became the first Frist Nations woman to play hockey for Canada in the 2018 Winter Olympics. In addition to that, the 29-year-old from Mallard, Manitoba, also played in three world…
Bianca Brown is a newfound entrepreneur at only 16 years old. Brown is a junior attending Springfield High School in Pennsylvania. During the beginning of the pandemic, because she values having a busy schedule, she was uncomfortable doing nothing. With a growing love for arts and crafts, she started making soaps, colorful body butters, and jewelry. Bianca then created SimplyB…