MATTIE MOORE
Mattie Moore is a senior journalism and mass communication student with a marketing minor at NC A&T State University. She is managing editor of A&T’s newspaper and community service
director of the A&T chapter of a prominent Black journalism organization. She plans to continue to tell stories that matter through writing for news publications.
ACTORS OF COLOR MAKE TONY AWARDS HISTORY
In stark contrast to #OscarsSoWhite—the hashtag that criticized the Academy Awards’ lack of diversity in nominees—actors of color made history at the 70th Annual Tony Awards last night by taking home all four of the musical acting awards.
BLACK-OWNED TECH START-UP AIMS TO FIX #AirbnbWhileBlack
Discrimination against Black Airbnb users has been brought to light recently with people taking to social media with the hashtag #AirbnbWhileBlack to tell personal stories where they were denied a room with Airbnb, the online platform where people can list and rent places to stay. As the stories generally go: a white host declined a black user’s request but accepts a (real or fake) white user’s request for the same dates.
THE CHEVROLET TRAX
The official DTU road trip ride
