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Updated September 30, 2022 at 6:59 AM ET Megan Piphus Peace stands on the set of Sesame Street with her character, 6-year-old Gabrielle. Zach Hyman/Sesame Workshop It wasn't until September 2021 that Sesame Street — which started in November 1969 — got its first full-time Black female puppeteer. That's when Megan Piphus Peace joined the cast full time and landed the role of Gabrielle, a 6-year-old puppet on the classic […]

Ismael Cruz Cordova as Arondir in Prime Video's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. My first reaction when I saw the email was exasperation: This is not a debate we should still be having in 2022. The note popped up from a listener a few days after my review of Amazon Prime Video's The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power was broadcast on NPR. "I was […]

Dozens of parents of young Black girls are posting videos across social media of their children's reactions to the newly released trailer of Disney's live action "Little Mermaid" starring Halle Bailey as Ariel. Following the teaser trailer for the live-action version of Disney's The Little Mermaid, parents of young Black girls are posting videos across social media of their children's reactions to seeing Halle Bailey as Ariel. "I wanna watch […]

Updated September 13, 2022 at 1:48 PM ET Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynt Marshall speaks at the Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit at The Mirage Hotel & Casino in 2019.Ethan Miller/Getty Images Cynt Marshall is a business titan, people person, cancer survivor, devout Christian and history maker, among many other things. In 2018, after nearly four decades in leadership at AT&T, she became the CEO of the Dallas Mavericks — […]

U.S. deputy marshals escort six-year-old Ruby Bridges from William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in November 1960. The morning of November 14, 1960, a little girl named Ruby Bridges got dressed and left for school. At just six years old, Ruby became the first Black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans. Federal marshals had to escort Ruby, as she was faced with throngs […]

In honor of the 100th anniversary of Bessie Coleman, the first Black woman to earn a pilot's license, American Airlines operated a flight out of Dallas with an all-Black, all-female crew. In honor of the 100th anniversary of Bessie Coleman, the first Black woman to earn a pilot's license, American Airlines operated a flight out of Dallas with an all-Black, all-female crew. From the pilots and flight attendants to cargo […]