Ready for your next favorite restaurant? 🍽Look no further! This Black History Month, let’s #BuyBlack and support black-owned establishments from coast to coast. Know more black-owned dining spots in your state? Drop a📍with your state in the comments section and let us know! ✊🏾
Justice Ginsburg’s dying wish was that her seat would not be filled until a new president is installed! Senate Democrats, do not back down. You have a tough fight ahead but our future is on the line! No SCOTUS appointment before the election!!!
#IMPACTnews | In this weeks episode, watch Akilah Winters update is about the vaccine status for COVID-19. Also, learn how @octaviaspencer is contributing during these crisis.
Former WNBA player Tamara Moore is now the only female head coach of a men’s collegiate basketball team in the country after being hired to coach at Mesabi Range College in Virginia, Minnesota. Moore had quite the career herself, as a stand out player at University of Wisconsin.
💀#IMPACTnews| An Auburn University-led study shows that racism may take a toll on health related to premature biological aging among Black Americans. Black Americans who reported more racial discrimination over a 10-year period showed signs of faster aging at the cellular level.
#IMPACTnews | Prince George’s County currently has 5,496 confirmed cases of #COVID19 with 195 reported deaths. According to @washingtonpost, officials say the pandemic has hit the county especially hard because many of the residents are front-line workers.
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#CARESACT | The latest U.S. coronavirus aid package (the CARES Act) promises a partial and uneven economic recovery which leaves behind the African American community. One red flag is the fact that those who have past due child support payments are unable to receive funding.
Congratulations to LaShyra “Lash” Nolen on becoming Harvard Medical School’s first Black woman class president. She sees this opportunity as a way to be an example for other women of color. ✊🏾👑
#MarcusGarvey was self educated and grew up to be one of the most influential figures in #BlackHistory. He was labeled a "notorious negro agitator" by J. Edgar Hoover who then assigned FBI agents to infiltrate his ranks.
#IMPACTNews | #StaceyAbrams is a lawyer, author, and politician who has served as Minority Leader in the Georgia House of Representatives. A woman of many accolades, Abrams is now at the forefront of #FairFight2020 and her primary focus is tackling voter suppression head on. ✊🏾
After an intense bidding war, #Netflix came out on top to produce the much anticipated #NipseyHussle documentary and it will be directed by the Oscar-nominated #AvaDuvernay.
Julius Ceasar Watts, a republican congressman and former professional football player, is the visionary and founder of the nations first black news channel focusing on the African American community.
This is how we keep Black History Month going 365 days a year!