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18-Year-Old Becomes Youngest Black Female Certified Private Pilot in New York

Nationwide — Meet Ariel Messam, an 18-year-old African American woman from Jamaica, New York, who has recently become the youngest woman of color to be a Certified Private Pilot in her state. Ariel attended and graduated from Aviation Career & Technical Education High School in Queens, New York from 2018-2022. She earned both her high Read More…

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Black Woman Entrepreneur, Owner of 50 Airbnb Properties, Build Affordable Housing

Nationwide — Meet Janay White, an African American entrepreneur from Jacksonville, Florida, who owns more than 50 Airbnb properties. She also owns J White Construction Inc, a Black woman-owned construction company that has recently been certified as a vendor with the state of Florida, paving the way for her mission to offer affordable housing to Read More…

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Black Senior Engineer at IBM Says That AI Empowers and Deepens Systemic Racism

Nationwide — Calvin D. Lawrence, a graduate of Clark Atlanta University, is a Distinguished Engineer who has been working at IBM for the past 25 years. In his new book, Hidden in White Sight: How AI Empowers and Deepens Systemic Racism, he reveals startling evidence of the technology used by policing and judicial systems that Read More…

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NYPD Officer Sold Out Police For Gang Leader, Facing Decades In Prison

 Mestre was booked into federal custody on Thursday, Aug. 17. By Stacy M. Brown,       Former New York Police Officer Gina Mestre is accused of giving the Shooting Boys Gang confidential information about a federal grand jury investigation, leaking the name of a witness to gang members, and helping a gang leader flee the U.S. Read More…