An NC Senate committee on May 13 unanimously advanced a bill that which would create the state’s first systematic K-8 math intervention program, modeled on Read to Achieve.
A historic Broadway theater will be named after trailblazing actor James Earl Jones.
Emilie Kouatchou recently became the first Black woman to play the lead role of Christine Daae in Broadway’s Phantom of the Opera.
Harlem native Shabaya Clark is using his nonprofit Drama Free! to empower at-risk youth through the arts.
Actress Brittney Johnson recently made history as the first Black woman to take on the role of Glinda in the play Wicked.