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Jun 28 2017

Twitter Hires Black Woman as VP of Inclusion and Diversity

Twitter has welcomed Candi Castleberry-Singleton into its fold as vice president of inclusion and diversity as the social media platform steps up its game to better represent the demographic of its influential users. “Im so excited to join the team at Twitter to lead inclusion and diversity efforts for employees and the Twitter community,” Castleberry-Singleton said in a statement. […]

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Mar 16 2017

Reintroducing: First Black Female Captain in the U.S. history of Aviation

Photo credit: Facebook Allow us to reintroduce ourselves to Captain M’Lis Ward. Ward is the first female African-American captain for a major U.S. carrier, in the history of U.S. Aviation. We’re not sure how the news about this USC Trojan alumni got by us. At any rate, we’re happy to share news about

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Mar 5 2017

9th Annual San Diego STEM Festival Expo

On Saturday, the 2017 Biocom San Diego Festival of Science & Engineering kicked off its week long festival week starting with Expo Day at Petco Park. Returning in its 9th year, the inspirational event was filled with families that include, future innovators, scientists, engineers and over 130 local businesses and organizations, encouraging and educating children through interactive

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Mar 3 2017

Stephanie Johnson Becomes Delta Airlines First Black Female Pilot

Last year, Stephanie Johnson shattered the glass ceiling at Delta to become the airline company’s first black female pilot. “As long as I can remember, I have been fascinated with airplanes and would think, ‘What a great thing it would be to know how to fly,’” Johnson, who has been flying for 20 years, said in an

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Jan 10 2017

NASA Astronaut Jeanette Epps Makes History as First Black ISS Crew Member

Jeanette Epps, PhD will become the first African American astronaut to join the crew of the International Space Station in May 2018, as part of Expedition 56. In a NASA video, Epps said she was inspired to become an aerospace engineer as a young girl in elementary school by Sally Ride and other early female

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Dec 11 2016

Louisville Quarterback Makes History Wins 2016 Heisman

Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson of the University of Louisville makes history in becoming the youngest quarterback in history. At age 19, Jackson was selected on Saturday (Dec. 10) as the 82nd winner of the Heisman Memorial Trophy, an award presented annually by the Heisman Trophy Trust to the most outstanding player in college football. The

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Nov 3 2016

Love Jones The Musical on Tour with a Stop in L.A.

Love Jones The Musical, a stage adaptation of the critically acclaimed 1997 Love Jones film, is on tour nationally this Fall/ Winter. The stage production will boast an all-star cast of R&B music’s biggest names including Chrisette Michelle, Musiq Soulchild, Marsha Ambrosius, MC Lyte, Raheem Devaughn and Dave Hollister who were all carefully selected to star in the must see musical event of

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