As the month of May celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, many of us wonder when and how the month of May was dedicated, and why more than ever this month is important to celebrate and acknowledge.
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There is no direct antecedent to our modern secular celebration of mothers, but it has existed, one way or another, for thousands of years. Here’s a timeline: – Antiquarians and…
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The impulse to create a memory and make it tangible is so very human — to hold it, and repeatedly commemorate it is also a very Jewish value … When we participate in remembrance, we help to avoid similar mistakes in the future.
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Hedda Kleinfeld Schachter was born in Austria to elegance, affluence, and education, and with her immediate family, was lucky to be among the few and fortunate able to escape Nazi-controlled Austria in the late-1930s. After her family landed in Brooklyn a few years later, she went on to become a brilliant fixture in New York bridal fashion, in particular — a trendsetter who made New York shoppers feel among the lucky and fortunate.
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It was the Roaring Twenties. Flappers raised their hemlines and lowered their morals. Prohibition was law since 1917, when the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution banned “the manufacture, sale,…
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Minister, Civil Rights Advocate, Pro-Life Activist and News commentator Bestselling Author and niece of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Author. Fox News Channel contributor. Former member of the…
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Donna Cheek is the first African-American woman to join the U.S. Equestrian Team and first African-American Equestrian inducted in the Women’s Sports Hall of Fame.
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Eboni Williams is the first African American woman to star on Real Housewives of New York and has also been a lawyer, TV anchor, and host.
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Phyllis Newhouse is the first African American woman CEO to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange and win Young Entrepreneur of The Year Award.
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Marva Smalls is one of the most powerful executives in American business. She was Executive VP of Viacom, Inc. and has been the Executive VP and Global Head Inclusion for ViacoCBS Inc. since 2019.
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Susan Taylor was editor-in-chief for Essence Magazine from 1981 to 2000 and is the founder and CEO of the National CARES Mentoring Movement.
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Tanya Trotter got her start as a vocalist in “Sister Act 2” and from there has had a successful music career as part of “The War and the Treaty.”
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