The Black Girls Rock movement was conceived by Beverly Bond as a mission to uplift black women, to show them respect, to strip away the self-hate and marginalization, and to proclaim, “Hey black girl, you rock.” Continue Reading →
Tag Archives: Serena Williams
Harlem Fave Venus WiIliams And Others Inspire At The 2017 Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day
It was Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day, it also was the official launch of Net Generation, the USTA‘s new approach to inspire the next generation of tennis players which was broadcast nationally on ABC on Sunday, August 27, 2017.
HW Pick: Serena Williams’s Love Match
Vanity Fair writes that last January, on the eve of the Australian Open, Compton girl Serena Williams handed her fiancé, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, a paper bag containing six positive pregnancy tests. Buzz Bissinger reveals their full love story, with photographs by Annie Leibovitz. Continue Reading →
DJ Khaled At Melba’s In Harlem Reported Beyoncé Is “Done Deal”
On late Tuesday night reports surfaced that Jay and Beyoncé had welcomed twins to their family, which already includes their 5-year-old daughter Blue Ivy. Continue Reading →
Jessica O. Matthews, Wants To Run Harlem’s First Billion-Dollar Tech Company
It was about a year ago this month that a group of venture capital investors first walked into the doors of Uncharted Play, expecting to hear a pitch. Continue Reading →
Eva Longoria Has The Goods For Your Harlem Home
Courtesy JC Penney
Eva Longoria (of Desperate Housewives fame) hasn’t just been hanging out with Serena Williams by the pool in the past few months. She’s also been busy working on her new home collection from Harlem to Harare exclusively sold at JCPenney. Continue Reading →
EPIX Original Documentary Airs “Serena” An Intimate Portrait
Premium TV network EPIX® announced today that the EPIX Original Documentary Serena, an intimate portrait of 4-time Olympic Gold Medalist and International sports icon and Harlem fave Serena Williams, will make its World Television Premiere on EPIX on June 22, 2016 at 8pm ET/PT, 7C. Continue Reading →
Souleo: New book positions Obama, Trayvon Martin, and Diana Ross as ‘Racial Icons’
Nicole R. Fleetwood calls her latest book On Racial Icons: Blackness and the Public Imagination, “an act of love.” But readers may end up referring to it as tough love as Fleetwood offers a searing investigation into America’s fixation on black images from President Obama to a living legend of tennis, Serena Williams. Continue Reading →
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