Diversity Management, News and Updates
After much delay, construction will soon begin in Chicago for the presidential library dedicated to the history of our 44th president, Barack Obama. Dan Merica of CNN reported that “former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama will oversee the groundbreaking of the Obama Presidential Center next week.”…
When the opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones premieres at Metropolitan Opera House on Sept. 27, the performance will make history. It will be the first-ever opera composed by a Black musician to be performed at the historic and world-renowned New York’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in…
Dapper Dan, the iconic Harlem designer who dressed the biggest names in music in the 1980s and 90s and then launched his own fashion line with Gucci in 2017, is now being honored with one of the most prestigious awards in fashion. Later this year, he will receive the Council…
RuPaul Charles is already an LGBTQ icon, the most famous drag queen on the planet and executive producer of a global reality TV empire, but he can now add another crown to the list of honors he has received. With a record-breaking 11 Emmy wins, the latest of which occurred…
Louisiana’s Lawrence Brooks has been a proud veteran — and a shining example of Black excellence in the military — for a remarkable 76 years. And, on Sept. 12, 2021, he also carried on another incredible feat: his role as the United States’ oldest living World War II veteran, turning…
One hundred years after it was originally formed as the American Professional Football Association back in 1920, the NFL has finally broken major ground by having the first Black woman ever in the league’s history to officiate an NFL game. CNN’s Homero De la Fuente reported that Maia Chaka made…
Queen Bey continues to break records and make history. Just weeks after launching her Western-themed Ivy Park fashion collaboration with Adidas and telling Harper’s Bazaar that she has spent the last year and a half in the studio working on new music, the media mogul has also become just the…
In a disturbing bit of news from the weekend, famed civil rights leaders and two-time presidential candidate Rev. Jesse Jackson and his wife Jacqueline were both hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19. The Associated Press has reported that Jackson “received his first dose in January during a publicized event as…
American-born French entertainer, French Resistance agent and civil rights activist Josephine Baker will make history and receive one of the highest honors France can offer, 46 years after her death. The New York Times’ Constant Méheut has reported that Baker will become the first Black woman to be entombed in…
In a historic move, attorney Damian Williams has been nominated by President Biden to lead the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, one of the most high-profile law enforcement departments within the United States. NPR’s Jaclyn Diaz reported that “if confirmed, Williams would be the first…
