U.S. Rep. and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) delivered a keynote speech to the 5000 Role Models of Excellence members that evoked the journey of Martin Luther King Jr. urging them to have the ...

Congresswoman Frederica Wilson recalls the time she knew she had to help address the issue of policing and Black men: She was recently elected to the school board when she received a call that a Coral ...

The program marked its 33rd annual MLK Breakfast by honoring graduating seniors, highlighting its mentoring impact and ...

This past month, I lost my mentor, my friend, and the person who served as my career role model. Her name was Judy DeLoache, and she plucked me out of college at the ripe old age of 22 to start a ...

Growing up in an underserved community, I often found myself yearning for guidance — someone to show me the possibilities beyond the limitations of my environment. I needed a “me” in my life: someone ...

When I think back on my childhood, I’m hard pressed to remember having any professional role models that looked like me. Sure, an interest in science had me glued to the TV for each episode of Mr.

"We can change the trajectory of where our kids will end up in the future," rapper Flo Rida said.