Author Archives: Krishana Davis

She is no one’s daughter or granddaughter. Or sister. Or niece or cousin. The woman known as Monique Smith-Person identifies herself as a mother of four children, an entrepreneur, author and now, a wife. That is the only identification she has that she can be sure is her own. The problem is that whether her […]

As the semester gets underway for students at Hampton University, students are once again questioning the controversial ban on cornrows and dreadlocks by administrators in the university’s five-year Master of Business Administration program. Men enrolled in the university’s program are barred from wearing cornrows or dreadlocks in the program’s seminar classes. The program’s dean, Sid […]

Morris Brown College, a private, historically Black college in Atlanta, is set to lose a significant portion of its approximately 32-acre campus if it cannot pay a $13.1 million debt to the U.S. Bank National Association. The loan was taken out in 1996 through the Fulton County, Ga. Development Authority. Morris Brown College received a […]

The legendary Tuskegee Airmen lost another pilot on Aug. 19 when George Hickman died in Seattle at age 86, according his wife, Doris. He served as one of the United States’ first Black military pilots and ground crew members. Hickman became interested in aviation as a boy and joined the segregated aviation program in Tuskegee, […]

Under Armour, a Baltimore-based sportswear apparel company, announced on Aug. 14 it will be losing another high-ranking executive. Janet Fox plans to step down as senior vice president of sourcing of the sporting brand, effective Aug. 24, “to pursue other interest,” the company said in a press release. Chief Supply Chain Officer Jim Hardy will […]

Each day during the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Google has featured a new doodle celebrating the various sports in which the 205 countries are participating, including everything from archery and pole vaulting to synchronized swimming. But on Aug. 7, some members of the African American community criticized an interactive doodle of a Black athlete […]

A charter school in northeast Louisiana has changed a policy which barred pregnant students from class and required them to be home-schooled. Delhi Charter School required students who were suspected of being pregnant to take a pregnancy test, and could even select the physician for the student. If the student refused the test or tested […]

President Barack Obama is known to play pick up basketball with friends and aides, but the president will join with NBA stars to host a fundraiser shoot-out and dinner in New York on Aug. 22 to raise money for his re-election campaign. The $20,000-per-person dinner will be co-hosted by NBA legend Michael Jordan, who played […]