BREAKING: Georgia Bills HB 531 and SB 421 Moving Through Legislature Some of Worst Bills Since Jim Crow ATLANTA –“Once again, GOP legislators in Georgia today showed the clear and urgent need for federal action to safeguard voting rights and pass HR 1 and HR 4 to protect voters from racist and malicious voter suppression,” Read More…
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Black Doctor Dies of COVID-19 After Complaining About Racism at Hospital
Indianapolis, IN — Susan Moore, an African American doctor from Indiana, died due to complications from COVID-19 just two weeks after claiming that a white doctor ignored her complaints and requests for medication. In a video she posted on Facebook, she expressed that she wouldn’t have experienced such mistreatment if she weren’t Black. Earlier this Read More…
Black Physician Assistant Makes History, Publishes Children’s Book Series About STEAM
Meet Monica Guillemin, a physician assistant who is perhaps the first Black woman to transcend a career in medicine and law to become a publisher that cleverly introduces young readers to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math), and adults, to medical-legal issues surrounding issues that impact African Americans today. Monica first gained notoriety as Read More…
Black-Owned Greeting Card Brand Now Offers In-Store Pickup at Walgreens
Dr. Dionne Mahaffey, founder of Culture Greetings, a woman-led and Black-owned greeting card company, announces the launch of a new print-to-store integration partnership with Walgreens. Through the technology integration with the Walgreens Photo Prints and Store Locator APIs, in addition to the Culture Greetings’ mail-to-recipient delivery option, customers will now have the choice to pick Read More…
New Online Directory That Connects People of Color with Therapists of Color
Black Women Founders Connects People of Color with Therapists of Color MD — Lisa Savage and Kim Knight, the founders of Clinicians of Color, LLC, have unveiled an online mental health directory that connects consumers of color with therapists of color. The Clinicians of Color directory targets the Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) community Read More…
3 Powerful Black Fathers Launch Roku Channel With 13 Shows
Shows to Address the Lack of Diversity in News Programming PA -– Three years ago, three black fathers, Marquis Lupton, William Way Jr., and Brandon Way Sr. decided to do something about the lack of diversity in their regional news stations. Building off of Marquis’ decade long journalism career, the three fathers decided to launch Read More…