Nationwide — Victory Yinka-Banjo, a 17-year old high school graduate from Nigeria, has received full-ride scholarship offers from 19 prestigious universities in the United States and Canada. Combined, the awards are worth more than $5 million! “It still feels pretty unbelievable. I applied to so many schools because I didn’t even think any school would accept Read More…
Youth In Action
Tanitoluwa Adewumi, 10-Years Old, Was Once Homeless is Now a U.S. National Chess Master
Nationwide — Tanitoluwa Adewumi, a 10-year old boy who lives in New York, is now officially a U.S. National Chess Master. It is a dream come true for the boy who won the New York State chess championship while living in a homeless shelter when he was just 8-years old. Most recently, Adewumi won his latest championship when Read More…
Trinitee Stokes Young Actress From “Mixed-ish” to Start College at 14-Years Old
Nationwide — Trinitee Stokes, a 14-year old student from Jackson, Mississippi who is also a sitcom actress, is now also one of the youngest students to attend college. Stokes has been known for playing the role of Judy Cooper on the Disney Channel series K.C. Undercover. She currently stars as Tamika on the show Mixed-ish. Read More…
Documentary Inspires More Black Boys to Become Doctors
X — The long-anticipated documentary Black Men In White Coats is taking the nation by storm in a grassroots fashion! The brainchild of Dr. Dale Okorodudu, a Dallas-based Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician, the film tackles the issues pertaining to why Black men aren’t becoming medical doctors and what that means for society. It features Read More…
Senior High School Student Tae Von Gibbs Awarded $1M Scholarship for College
Tae’Von Gibbs, a senior high school student from Louisville, Kentucky, has been accepted into 10 different colleges and has been offered more than $1 million in scholarships. Gibbs, who currently attends Fern Creek High School, received partial scholarships from several colleges such as Centre College, Murray State, Bellarmine, and more. He has also been awarded Read More…
Dakota Adeyemi: Teaching Black History With A Passion
Dakota School makes learning fun and informative for elementary students When COVID-19 forced the nationwide transition to online learning, schoolchildren found themselves at home trying to transition to the concept along with their parents. Ten-year-old Dakota Adeyemi was in a similar situation, but managed to keep herself busy by searching for Black history on the Read More…