Two 18 year olds whose passion for music and black culture led them down the “blue” carpet at the 2017 BET Awards got the chance to meet some of the biggest names in the music industry Jayla Walker and Israel Davis, who live on opposite sides of the country, share a commonality. They are both…
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Seven years ago, Zachary Thomas was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with a severe, bilateral cleft lip and palate. Cleft lip and cleft palate is when the lip or mouth does not form properly during pregnancy, basically causing a gaping hole between the nose and lip area. The Thomas family’s cultural viewpoint about the birth…
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Born and raised in Harlem, Anngeannette Pinkston was surrounded by the typical temptations that plagued people living in big cities. She chose to follow the footsteps of her older brother Andrew, who was in law enforcement. She graduated from the New York Police Academy and eventually became a detective and ultimately served for 12 years.…
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