An Author, Inspirational Leadership Speaker, U.S Marine, and America’s first African American female combat pilot; Vernice Armour is truly an American icon, soaring through life and through all the obstacles in her way. Her story inspires young women of color…
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Chattanooga State to honor late African American activist Claude Bond in virtual series
The late community activist and educator Claude Bond is being honored through a virtual series presented by Chattanooga State Community College’s Early College Department. Titled ‘The Ties That Bond,’ the bi-weekly series will showcase African American heritage through arts and…
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Tips to Separate Work from Home When Working Remotely
Tips to Separate Work from Home When Working Remotely Prior to 2020, working from home was a rare luxury for many. We used to ooh and ahh and fantasize about our friends who worked from home. Employers would reluctantly and…
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Twin sisters create The Guilty Grape to break cultural norms in wine industry
The Guilty Grape founders (Photo courtesy of The Guilty Grape) Cheers to Black women paving the way in the wine industry. That’s exactly what twin sisters Nichelle and Nicole Nichols set out to do when they left their corporate careers…
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Researcher Terrance Woodbury shares the importance of the census for minorities
Terrance Woodbury (Photo provided) Terrance Woodbury is a founding Partner at HIT Strategies, a market research focus firm that centered on people of color and millennials. Woodbury has previously conducted polling and focus groups for candidates in local, state, national,…
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NBA Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkins champions diabetes awareness
Dominique Wilkins (Photo credit: Shutterstock.com / Jamie Lamor Thompson) Dominique Wilkins is an NBA Hall of Famer and the most celebrated player in Atlanta Hawks history. Wilkins currently serves as the Hawks’ Vice President of Basketball and Special Advisor to…
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The Blacks of the 1960s: Black History from the Pages of EBONY
The Blacks of the 1960s Despite the victory of Brown v. Board of Education in the previous decade, most African-Americans in the ‘60s found themselves still bound by oppressive, segregated and unequal systems in not only schools but also hospitals, housing, the arts,…
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Black History from the Pages of EBONY: The Black Americans of the 1980’s
If the wage gap between middle class black families and middle class white families began to close during the ‘70’s, that gap exploded in the 1980’s due to the introduction of a “new” economic theory by the GOP called Trickle…
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Black History from the Pages of EBONY: The African-Americans of the 1990s
Caught in a classic pose,, Sammy Davis Jr. glows in the spotlight he loved. Death of the world’s greatest entertainer brought an unprecedented national tribute which focused attention on his legacies. A longtime favorite of EBONY readers, he appeared on…
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