Get On Board the Kamala Harris Election Train
“Far more crucial than what we know or do not know Is what we do not want to know.” — Moral and social philosopher Eric [...]
Prolific U.S. fundraiser Alice Gloster Green Burnette honored for lifetime of helping others
Once Alice Gloster Green Burnette became recognized as a prolific U.S. fundraiser, her peers and friends often asked her how she convinced philanthropists and heads [...]
Jim Crow Era Achievers Honored 50+ Years Later
The Virginia Interscholastic Association (VIA) Hall of Fame was created in 2014 to recognize Virginia’s Black teachers, coaches, administrators, and student-athletes who excelled during the [...]
Billie Jean King and Ilana Kloss Fund digitization of VIA Archives at HBCU
Billie Jean King and Ilana Kloss have made a generous donation to process, digitize, and catalog the Virginia Interscholastic Association (VIA) archives, which are housed [...]
Shirley Chisholm, ‘Unbought and Unbossed’, to be honored with walking trail
“Smart and sassy.” That is how former New York Times reporter Earl Caldwell described Brooklyn native Shirley Chisholm when she strolled into the nation’s political [...]
William Harvey ends extraordinary 44-year run as Hampton University president
In 1978, Dr. William R. Harvey grabbed hold of a struggling diamond-in-the-rough, small Black college in Hampton, Virginia, and fashioned it into a sparkling jewel [...]
Ora Washington: A gifted champion long ignored
Photo courtesy of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Over the years, the sports world has witnessed and paid tribute to superstar athletes [...]
Jimmie McDaniel vs. Don Budge: A Milestone Match
Don Budge (left) and Jimmie McDaniel played a barrier-breaking tennis match in 1940. Seven years before Jackie Robinson crossed the color line in [...]
Hubert A. Eaton, MD: A Key Althea Gibson Benefactor
Dr. Hubert A. Eaton and Althea Gibson. Photo from the NHC Library Star News Collection, courtesy of One Love Tennis. Two well-dressed physicians [...]