News From A Colorful Perspective
Black mothers are three to four times more likely to die during childbirth than white ones, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Black maternal mortality. The longstanding and pervasive problem has had a lot of attention from progressive politicians in recent months. Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and 2020 hopeful…
Serena Williams wrote a brutally honest open letter for the August issue of Harper’s Bazaar. The tennis legend opened up about her reign as the greatest tennis player of all time and her devastating loss to Naomi Osaka. The letter detailed feelings she’s felt throughout her illustrious career. Those emotions…
Cori “Coco” Gauff advanced to the fourth round of Wimbledon on Friday after a three-set win against 28-year-old Polona Hercog. The 15-year-old Atlanta native, currently living in Delray Beach, Fla., came back from a 6-3, 5-2 deficit and saved two match points to defeat Hercog of Slovenia. In a press conference…
Cori “Coco” Gauff, a 15-year-old Atlanta native has caused one of the biggest upsets in Wimbledon history in a match against one of her idols. Gauff defeated Venus Williams (6-4, 6-4) in the first round of Wimbledon on Monday. Williams, age 39, has been part of the All England Club family…
July 1, 2019 UPDATE: Cori Gauff to Venus Williams After Defeating Her at Wimbledon: ‘I Wouldn’t Be Here Without You’ ORIGINAL STORY At age 15, Cori Gauff is making Wimbledon history and is set to play against one of her tennis idols, Venus Williams. After Cori “Coco” Gauff’s 6-1, 6-1…
Serena Williams is following in the footsteps of legend Althea Gibson not only on the tennis court but in having her image on an “iconic orange box.” “I am so excited to be on the cover of the next Wheaties box,” Williams said in a statement. “I have dreamt of…
Serena Williams has been openly sharing her motherhood journey. Williams’ 11 million Instagram followers are privy to special moments that she shares with her daughter, Alexis Olympia. The tennis icon shared a photo on Thursday of her braiding her toddler’s hair and explained the origins of braiding. “Braiding started in…
Tennis great Serena Williams continues to be a trailblazer. From winning 23 Gland Slams to becoming the only woman listed on Forbes’ annual ranking of the world’s highest-paid athletes. The 37-year-old appears on the 2019 list at no. 63 out of 100 athletes from around the world in professional sports…
Tennis has been the standard in the sports industry for gender equality. After all, it was 1973 when Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Rigs in the iconic “Battle of the Sexes.” That match seemed to put women’s tennis on the map. Certainly, that would set the tone for the progressive…
Serena Williams has advanced to the second round of the 2019 French Open after her first-round win over Vitalia Diatchenko of Russia on Monday. The 23-time Grand Slam champion took to the tennis courts in Paris wearing her latest apparel designed for her by Virgil Abloh, a Black designer who is the…
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