Black philanthropist
When actress Malinda Williams told me she finally learned to answer “I do not know” on a red carpet, it landed with the weight of a revelation. For decades, Hollywood trained women like her to always have a prepared line, a new project on deck, a performance-ready smile. But in a world where the ground […]
Kiesha Nix has made herstory with the LA Lakers thanks to a "leap of faith."
Former President Barack Obama's grandmother and philanthropist Sarah Ogwel Onyango Obama has died at the age of 99. After receiving treatment at a hospital in Kisumu, Western Kenya for an illness that hasn't been disclosed, the matriarch's passing is now being mourned by the Obama family and across the world.
(AOL Black Voices) — Oprah has donated $1 Million to help California charter schools as part of a $6 million public education gift, in a season of giving that has also included a plan to take her viewers to Australia. In this latest act of Winfrey generosity, the media mogul is keeping her giving closer to […]