Malaika Jabali
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The Howard University Ice Skating Team Made History Over The Weekend
On Saturday, Howard University made history as the first-ever HBCU with a figure skating team to compete in an inter-collegiate competition. In Newark, “[t]he Howard...
How To Actually Win The Black Vote? ESSENCE ‘Black Futures Now’ Honorees Remind Us That Pandering Won’t Work
This Black History Month, three of our inaugural Black Futures Now honorees sat down with ESSENCE for a panel to discuss voter issues amid another...
Descendants Of A Black Entrepreneur Are Fighting To Reclaim Their Family’s Land In Santa Monica
In 1957, Silas White, a Black entrepreneur purchased a valuable plot of land in Santa Monica, CA. White wanted to transform “the space into the...
Widow Of Former Haitian President Receives Indictment Over His Assassination
Three years after Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated, a judge handed down indictments to 51 people, including his widow, Martine Moïse, former Prime Minister...
This University Is Set To Become Just The Second HBCU In The Country To Train Veterinarians
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) is set to become the second HBCU in the country to have a veterinarian school. The state of...
Are Prisons The New Plantation Wedding Venue?
Last week, The Wall Street Journal published an article about how “[c]ouples looking for something different are choosing a stretch behind bars at former prisons...
Did You Know Texas Had Its Own “Harriet Tubman” Who Helped Enslaved Black People Escape To Mexico?
Many of us may be familiar with the story of the Underground Railroad as a northern route that enslaved Africans used to escape and find...
New York Celebrates Longtime Civil Rights Activist With Launch Of University Fellowship Named In Her Honor
Special honors are being bestowed on a long-time civil rights activist in New York. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the Dr. Hazel Dukes Fellowship and Black...
A Black Family In North Carolina Wants People To Stop Illegally Dumping In Their Family Cemetery
The Hodges are one of the first Black families to own land in Cumberland County, NC, and they want people to stop illegally dumping in...
Black DC Man Suing After Lottery Denied His $340M Winning Numbers Due To Website Mistake
John Cheeks is suing Powerball and the DC Lottery after they allegedly refused to grant him his $350 million winnings due to a website mistake....