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Air Force Maj. Robert Lawrence Jr., America’s 1st Black Astronaut, Honored by Kennedy Space Center
America’s first Black astronaut received a long overdue honor earlier this month, 50 years after his tragic death. Air Force Maj. Robert Lawrence Jr., a trailblazer who opened a door for people of color in STEM, was honored on Dec. 8 for his contributions to space exploration at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Los Angeles Times reported. Hundreds of people gathered at the center to commemorate him, including NASA dignitaries, astronauts, Omega Psi Phi fraternity members, and schoolchildren.
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Chevrolet Teams Up with Houston Astros Superstar Jose' Altuve
Partners go to bat for youth baseball development
Chevrolet is partnering with Houston Astros second baseman José Altuve to support youth sports development. Altuve will be a Chevy brand ambassador on a variety of projects, including the brand’s long-standing investment in Chevy Youth Baseball and Chevy Youth Baseball clinics.
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Anita Pointer of The Pointer Sisters dies at age 74
Anita Pointer, one of the founding members of the R&B group The Pointer Sisters, has died at age 74, according to her publicist Roger Neal.
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Regina Belle Featured on TV One's "UNSUNG" Sunday, June 10 at 9/8c
Regina Belle was a college kid out of New Jersey when she burst on the R&B scene as a vocalist with the Manhattans on the hit "Where Did We Go Wrong." She was eventually signed by Columbia Records and skyrocketed to fame with number one singles, including "Make It Like It Was" and "Baby Come to Me.
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SELF Foundation Legacy Gala
Photography by Vicky Pink - The Stacey and Bo Porter SELF Foundation recognized several individuals …
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Wells Fargo Continues It Commitment To HBCU’s with $1 Million Grant To TMCF
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund has received a $1 million grant from Wells Fargo to provide support for scholarships, leadership development programs and for TMCF’s signature entrepreneurship program, the PITCH.
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The White House: Where star power and political power collide
Donald Trump has always been fixated with celebrity. Before he was President or even host of NBC's "The Apprentice," the real estate mogul spent years working the New York City tabloids to catapult himself to fame.
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Iowa Entrance Poll: GOP Says Trump Is Fit for Office Convicted Or Not
Most Iowa GOP caucusgoers refuse to accept President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory and say they would view former President Donald Trump, whom CNN projected will win the caucuses Monday night, as fit for office even if convicted of a crime, according to CNN’s entrance poll for the Iowa Republican presidential caucuses.
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Dr. Myla Bennett, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, & Philmore Academy Private School Partner To Build Leadership & Self Worth In Youth
Dr. Myla Bennett and the Preserve Your Pretty® Campaign will focus on increasing the self esteem of youth across the nation.
Board certified plastic surgeon, business coach, and professional empowerment speaker Dr. Myla Bennett entered into a partnership with one of Atlanta’s top learning institutions, Philmore Academy Private School. The partnership will continue to bring awareness to the Preserve Your Pretty® campaign by educating students to understand that being “pretty” is not just a physical attribute.
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Apple TV+ unveils trailer for fourth and final season of M. Night Shyamalan’s thriller “Servant”
Highly anticipated final chapter debuts globally Friday, January 13, 2023 on Apple TV+
Apple TV+ today unveiled the eerie season four trailer for its acclaimed psychological thriller “Servant,” which will return for its epic conclusion on Friday, January 13, 2023. Hailing from executive producer M. Night Shyamalan, “Servant” will debut with the first episode of its 10-episode fourth and final season, followed by one new episode weekly, every Friday through March 17, 2023, on Apple TV+.
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Harris County Election Administrators: Teneshia Hudspeth for Harris County Clerk
Houston Style Magazine Offers This Commentary By Corroll G. Robinson To Our Faithful Readers
I am writing to recap and expand on my recommendations to the Harris County Commissioners Court regard- ing the establishment of the office of Election Administrator in our County.
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Casey White indicated he wanted a shootout, but wreck prevented it, sheriff says
Recaptured Alabama fugitive Casey White intended to have a shootout with law enforcement, and would have done so had pursuing officers not forced him to wreck in a ditch Monday in Evansville, Indiana, a sheriff said Tuesday.
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South Florida doctor arrested, accused of drugging woman's drink
A South Florida doctor is under arrest, accused of drugging a woman's drink. According to Boca Raton police, a customer said she saw Mircea Morariu pour a powder-like substance into a woman's drink while she was in the bathroom at Ouzo Bay, a restaurant at 201 Plaza Real, on Sept. 10.
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French TV star Igor Bogdanoff dies of Covid, days after twin brother
French TV star Igor Bogdanoff has died of Covid-19, six days after his twin brother Grichka died due to the same disease, the brothers' lawyer confirmed to CNN Tuesday.
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'Colette,' 'Lizzie' filter LGBT history through 19th century prism
The LGBTQ experience is being contemplated through an intriguing filter -- the social mores and homophobia that characterized the end of the 19th century -- via a trio of independent films devoted to historical figures opening in a three-week span.
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TSU Students Wins $7,500 from Verizon Wireless
Photography by Anthony Gordon - On Saturday, February 15, 2014, Houston Style Magazine was on …
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Doctoral Student Selected to Present Research in Hawaii
Tammy D. Lane, M.S., educational leadership doctoral candidate in the Whitlowe R. Green College of Education and the scholarship coordinator in the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships, has been selected to present research in Hawaii. Based on a peer-reviewed process, her proposal submission, “Higher Education at the Intersection of Ethnicity/Race and Queerness at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIS)”, was accepted for presentation at the 16th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education (HICE) to be held from January 4, 2018 to January 7, 2018 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort in Honolulu Hawaii. “HICE is coined as “the gathering place” due to the vast representation of educational leaders from countries around the world gathering to share a wealth of knowledge and perspectives,” said Lane.
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30th Anniversary Honoring the 1st Black $Billion Dealmaker, Reginald F. Lewis, Titan of Business, Humanitarian, Civil Rights Activist and Loving Family Man
Millennials know who P. Diddy, Jay-Z, Daymond John, Bethenny Frankel, and many other new moguls are. Learn about the man that paved the way for entrepreneurs to elevate their game.
Honoring the 1st Black $Billion Dealmaker, upon the 30th anniversary of his historical deal that changed the face of America business forever. On November 30, 1987, Reginald Francis Lewis closed the $985 million leveraged buyout of Beatrice International Foods, which at the time, was the largest offshore transaction ever completed in the United States. The Wall Street move was celebrated around the world as the deal that made Lewis the first-ever African American billionaire business tycoon. Michael Milken was his investment banker, and the company made the Fortune 500 list.
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'I must kill more often': The best reactions to SAG Award nominations
The nominees for the 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced on Thursday, and actors whose names were read are pumped.
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QFest Awards Top Honor FISTING: NEVER TEAR US APART The John Steven Kellett Freedom of Vision Award Winner
FISTING: NEVER TEAR US APART has taken the top prize at the 23rd Annual QFest, Houston's International LGBTQ Film Festival. The weeklong festival has concluded with the suspense filled drama awarded The John Steven Kellett Freedom of Vision Award, the festival’s highest honor.
