Giving voice to all communities
Giving voice to all communities
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"I love representing the U.S. I freaking love living there, I love it," she said after her win.
First on "CBS This Morning," best-selling authors Kwame Mbalia, Jason Reynolds, George M. Johnson, Jerry Craft and Tochi Onyebuchi gathered at a coffee shop in Brooklyn, New York, to discuss their collaboration and the importance of representing Black boys in joyful stories and with a full range of emotions.
In 2010, at the age of 12, Justus Williams became the youngest African-American national chess master. Correspondent Nancy Chen shows us what he's doing now to share his love of the game with a new generation of chess players.
Former USA Gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist Dominique Dawes joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss Simone Biles' decision to withdraw from some competitions in Tokyo.
Johnson & Johnson knowingly marketed baby powder to Black women even though it could cause cancer, lawsuit argues.
In 2016, Ashleigh Johnson made history by being the first African American woman named to the U.S. Olympic Water Polo team. She later capped that accomplishment by helping the team win gold in Rio. Now she's back in Tokyo, ready for another run and more comfortable with her role as mentor to young Black children.
Instead of waiting to be rewarded by a big-time recording contract, a group of budding artists decided to start a record label of their own — all while still in high school. Christina Ruffini caught up with the high school friends right as they were about to release their latest single.
Robert Parris Moses endured beatings and jail while registering thousands of Black voters in the South during the 1960s and later helped underserved students succeed in mathematics.
When inventor Lonnie Johnson took a simple squirt gun and ramped it WAY up, he had no idea what a hit it would be. Since the early 1990s, the Super Soaker has soaked up more than $1 billion in toy sales. But Johnson hasn't stopped there. Correspondent Mo Rocca reports on how Johnson, a former engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, continues to make a big splash. Originally broadcast on May 21, 2017.
When an African American father didn't see his children represented in the puzzles they were assembling, he decided to start a puzzle business of his own. Now, his family business is expanding, inspired by lessons learned in the pandemic. Debra Alfarone has more.
