Today we lost a legend. We lost an icon. Little Richard, a pioneer and architect of Rock and Roll, died at the age of 87. There was nothing subtle about Little Richard. From his hair, to his clothes, to his sound. Little Richard would pound the piano so hard that…
The word prototype is defined as “a first, typical or preliminary model of something, especially a machine, from which other forms are developed or copied”, and NASA Mathematician Katherine G. Johnson, who passed away today after making 101 rotations around the sun, was definitely that. But luckily the mold was…
We lost a cultural icon today. Born John Weatherspoon, went by John Witherspoon, but to us he was Pops. John Witherspoon had been in this game for over forty years. Witherspoon got his start as a model but moved towards stand-up comedy in the 1960s/70s. His first TV appearance was…
Congressman Elijah Cummings passed away this morning at the age of 68 from a long battle with health problems. His career spans over three decades, where he worked as a civil rights attorney before entering politics. Cummings served in Maryland’s 7th Congressional District for more than 20 years as well…
For six decades, Oscar-nominated actress and singer, Diahann Carroll, has blessed us with her enormous talents, breaking down racial barrier after racial barrier, cementing herself and her legacy as a pioneer for Blacks, and women, in entertainment. Carroll has achieved many first such as: Becoming the first black woman to win…