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The Chattanooga City Council made history this evening when they confirmed Celeste Murphy as the city’s new police chief. She is the first female, and Black female chief in the city’s history. History means nothing to Murphy if she can’t get the community to stop seeing police as the enemy. Celeste Murphy was confirmed 8-to-nothingContinue reading “Chief Celeste Murphy Chattanooga first female police chief”

In an instant, life changed course. Everything seemed normal at the beginning of the day; one was already used to constant discomfort. The days of solitude only seemed to be accompanied by a childish inner child. Letting that voice guide you was the only pure thing to do. Getting carried away by the routine wasContinue reading “Innocent Feelings By: Relato Corto”

BY NAOMI ELIZÉE June 15,2020 Like many other immigrant families, my strict Haitian parents longed for the day when they could send me off to study either law or medicine at university. I forced an interest in the medical field to make my parents proud. Although she did not work in the industry, my mother wasContinue reading “11 Black Women in Fashion on What Brings Them Joy”

Are you looking for a great way to help others, learn new skills, gain experience, build your resume, and meet more people? Try volunteering! There are many ways you can help those in need, whether it’s in your own community or on the other side of the world. 1st Financial Bank USA believes in theContinue reading “25 ways to volunteer in your Community”

The definition of a female entrepreneur is…… “an enterprise owned and controlled by a woman having a minimum financial interest of 51 per cent of the capital and giving at least 51 per cent of employment generated in the enterprise to women“ But in today’s world some aspects have changed but yet some things haveContinue reading “Female Entrepreneurs”

Josephine Baker (born Freda Josephine McDonald, naturalised French Joséphine Baker; 3 June 1906 – 12 April 1975) was an American-born French entertainer, French Resistance agent, and civil rights activist. Her career was centered primarily in Europe, mostly in her adopted France. She was the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture, the 1927 silent film Siren of the Tropics, directed by Mario Nalpas and HenriContinue reading “Josephine Baker”

About Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Judge Jackson was born in Washington, DC and grew up in Miami, Florida. Her parents attended segregated primary schools, then attended historically black colleges and universities. Both started their careers as public school teachers and became leaders and administrators in the Miami-Dade Public School System. When Judge Jackson was inContinue reading “Who is Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson?”

I’m slowly bringing back this section of the magazine as a test run to see if people still like having this or if I should stop it all together. So please let me know so I can continue to bring you what you like. First off….WOMEN”S VIEW When a woman has been hurt and triesContinue reading “A Woman’s & Man’s View”