Digital Healthcare Platform HUED Lands $1.6M in Funding from Serena Williams and Others

by Good Black News | Aug 10, 2021 | Community, Finance | 0 comments

The digital health start-up HUED, founded in 2018 by Kimberly Wilson with the aim of connecting patients with Black and Latinx healthcare providers, recently raised $1.6 million in seed funding led by women venture capitalists. According to thegrio.com,...

Global Superstar Rihanna’s Success in Music and Make Up Have Made Her a Billionaire

by Good Black News | Aug 5, 2021 | Finance | 0 comments

Thirty three year-old Barbados native Robyn Fenty, best known to the world as singing superstar Rihanna, through the success of her smash hits and cosmetics company Fenty Beauty, has officially become a billionaire. According to Forbes, Rihanna is now worth $1.7...

New York Artist Tanda Francis and Others Turn Plywood from Black Lives Matter Protests into Public Art

by Good Black News | Jul 29, 2021 | Community, Entertainment, Politics | 0 comments

New York’s worthless studios, a not-for-profit space for artists, organized The Plywood Protection Project last summer in the wake of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, with the intention of making public art that paid tribute to the racial justice movement....

Scholar, Author and Educator Dr. Kymberly Pinder to Become Dean at Yale School of Art

by Good Black News | Jun 29, 2021 | Entertainment | 0 comments

[Dr. Kymberly Pinder, seen with a black and white drawing by Jami Porter Lara. Photo by Eve Caughey via news.yale.edu] Starting July 1, Dr. Kymberly Pinder, renowned scholar of race, representation, and murals, will become Dean of the Yale School of Art. Pinder, who...

Films with Higher Percentages of Cast Diversity Earn Top Box Office Dollars in 2020 While Films with Lowest Diversity Earn the Least

by Good Black News | Apr 22, 2021 | Community, Finance | 0 comments

by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) According to UCLA’s annual Hollywood Diversity Report, U.S. audiences spent more money to see films comprised of diverse casts. Although the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted movie releases in theaters for the majority of 2020,...

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