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The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra is slated to make history as the first all-Black classical symphony orchestra to perform at Carnegie Hall.

Black History

A Washington park has been renamed to honor Rosa Franklin; the state’s first Black woman senator.

Olympics

Track and field star Allyson Felix has teamed up with Athleta and the Women’s Sports Foundation to provide childcare grants for women who are competing in the Tokyo Olympics.

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The Hess Corporation awarded the Jackie Robinson Foundation with a $1.4 million grant for the creation of scholarships and a new museum.

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NBA star Donovan Mitchell recently renovated basketball courts at The Children’s Village Community Center.

Zaila Avant-garde won the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday night, becoming the first African-American to win the competition in its 93-year history.

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A new monument honoring the life and legacy of abolitionist and activist Harriet Tubman is coming to the city of Newark.

HBCU News

Morehouse School of Medicine has launched a research initiative centered on the Black maternal health crisis.

HBCU News

Spelman College has joined an initiative designed to empower the next generation of leaders through entrepreneurship.