In our ongoing celebration of Black History Month, we look back at some of the leaders, icons and pop culture juggernauts that helped to bring diversity, equity, inclusion and representation to the forefront of the American landscape — like these men and women who left their indelible mark on the…
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Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman To Co-Chair 2021 Met Gala, Fashion’s Biggest Night
She’s already the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history, as well as an award-winning writer and cum laude graduate of Harvard University, and now 2021 breakout star Amanda Gorman is adding event hostess and fashion icon to her resume as well. The Grio’s Ny Magee reported that Vogue editor-in-chief Anna…
Beloved Author, Toni Morrison, Dies at Age 88
Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison passed away Monday night in Montefiore Medical Center in New York. She was 88-years old. Morrison was born Chloe Anthony Wofford on Feb. 8, 1931, in Lorain, Ohio. She graduated from Howard University with a degree in English in 1953 and pursued a Masters of…