Uptown Records Relaunches With Yung Miami And G Herbo Among First Signees
After helping define the sound of hip-hop and R&B in the late ’80s and ’90s, Uptown Records is making a return. The legendary label, founded by late hip-hop executive Andre...
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Designer and Entrepreneur Melissa Mitchell Lands Global Deal with Spanx
Following your heart can take you far as an entrepreneur. That, and believing in her God-given ability, is what helped entrepreneur Melissa Mitchell, land a major deal with Spanx.
Studio Museum In Harlem To Celebrate New Home With Community Day
The Studio Museum in Harlem will host a Community Day to unveil its brand new building.
Ujima Invited Black Women To Martha’s Vineyard For An Exercise In ‘Joy’
Founded in 2015, the organization works to uplift Black communities via advocacy, policy influence, and community healing.
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Davis, who had enjoyed recreational swimming with her family since she was a child, learned that a culture of fear kept most black people from learning to swim. “It was generational: because mommy didn’t swim, she may not encourage me to swim. I learned that some of it was because of negative conditioning: ‘Boy, you better not go in that water, because you’re going to drown and I can’t save you.’ Well, you’ve already told the child that they are going to drown. You’ve already put a fear into the child. Reading that study really gave me a full perspective of how broad the resistance to swimming was, what the reasons were, and how I needed to be able to approach all of them in a sensitive manner to help anyone who comes to me to overcome it.â€