Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who calculated rocket trajectories and earth orbits for NASA’s early space missions and was later portrayed in the 2016 hit film “Hidden Figures,” about pioneering black female aerospace workers, has died. She was 101.

The basketball superstar and his 13-year-old daughter will be honored in a public memorial at the arena where Bryant played for the Los Angeles Lakers. Kobe and Gianna Bryant died along with seven others in a helicopter crash on Jan. 26.

Model, restaurateur and lifestyle guru Barbara “B.” Smith has died at her Long Island home, her family announced in a statement on social media. She was 70. Smith died Saturday evening after battling early onset Alzheimer’s disease which she was diagnosed with in 2013.

EW Magazine Online congratulates all the winners honored at the 51st NAACP Image Awards this year—with a special nod to Christian actress Niecy Nash who nabbed the “Outstanding Actress” award for her role in Ava Duvernay’s Netflix limited series “When They See Us.”

In honor of Black History Month, EEW Magazine Online has gathered 10 of the most important and inspiring quotes from African American leaders.

GloZell Green, a YouTube personality who rose to fame making the masses laugh with her outlandish stunts and absurd brand of humor, has turned her attention toward more serious matters. In honor of Black History Month 2020, the 47-year-old, real name GloZell Lyneette Simon, is breaking down the real history of Black History Month.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor specifically voiced her disapproval of how often the conservative-controlled Court grants the Trump administration stay applications and approves Trump policies despite them being blocked by the lower courts.

God made women special, strong and spectacular, and 22-year-old Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles is proof of that. The world-renowned athlete teased a move that no female gymnast in history has ever successfully pulled off in a competition. But if anyone can do it, she can. The question is, will she?

Psalm 127:3 says, “Children are a gift from the LORD; they are a reward from him.” Fabulous tennis champion Serena Williams is grateful for the gift of her 2-year-old daughter Olympia, but she admits she struggles to balance work and motherhood—proving she’s just like the rest of us.