A young man’s dream of space exploration is that much closer to reality when he graduates college this spring. But that’s not even the most amazing part of his story. When he graduates this May, he’ll be just 19-years-old. That’s right, when most students are either just starting or completing their freshman year, 19-year-old Ronald […]

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Paul Williams was a pioneering architect who achieved several historical firsts en route to his way to becoming home designer to the stars. Along with designing homes for Southern California’s elite, Williams also designed the St. Jude Children’s Hospital and Los Angeles’ Saks Fifth Avenue, among other top designs. Williams was born February 1, 1894, […]

The Campaign for Black Male Achievement is breaking down stereotypes with these touching images of our men with their children.

Dr. Charles Modlin, M.D., MBA, is a Kidney Transplant Surgeon & Urologist in the Cleveland Clinic Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute. In 2008 he was named as the Cleveland Clinic Executive Director Minority Health.  He founded & directs Cleveland Clinic’s Minority Men’s Health Center (MMHC).  In 2011, The Atlanta Post selected him as one of […]

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Maurice Ashley first made his mark in the world of chess after he was recognized as a chess Grandmaster in 1999, making him the first…

Guard your daughters and your wives. Guess who’s a free man? Jeremy Meeks, the Southern California felon whose sexy mugshot blew up the internet two…

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  Legendary boxer Jack Johnson is best known to many as the first Black heavyweight champion in the sport. In 1913, Johnson’s arrest for a…

Hundreds of years ago, slaves sought the North Star to point them in the direction of Northern states and Canada so they they could escape…

WASHINGTON, DC — I stood on the National Mall Saturday with tens of thousands of African-American men and women and witnessed the evolution of a…