NEW YORK — Maurice Ashley, who became the first Black chess grandmaster in 1999, is using the game of chess to teach life lessons. Ashley fell in love with chess as a 14-year-old high school student ...

Maurice Ashley, who became the first Black chess grandmaster in 1999, is using the game of chess to teach life lessons. Ashley fell in love with chess as a 14-year-old high school student after ...

Rochelle Ballantyne, a New York lawyer, is pursuing her dream of becoming the first Black female chess master. Ballantyne said she has been trying to reach her goal for over a decade. Reuters reported ...

Nas at Powernomics Tour in September of 2017 in Chicago - (Photo by Eddy "Precise" Lamarre for rolling out) Nas is no stranger to including educational gems about our unsung heroes in his works and ...

For over a century, chess has had more than 1,700 Grandmasters, yet not one has been a Black woman. Chess Is for Black Girls is on a mission to change that by increasing representation and access for ...

EXCLUSIVE: “Plan to leave something behind so your name’ll live on / no matter what the game lives on,” says Nas on his 1999 album Nastradamus, and now the revered rapper is making some moves in a new ...

Huffington Post Black Voices is reporting that three black teens have become chess masters before turning 13. Suggested Reading How White Christian Nationalism Co-Opted Nicki Minaj Deaths of Rob ...

Note: David R. Sands is taking the week off. The following is a reprint of a column that ran Feb. 22, 2022. “As a matter of fact, one can claim the greater Washington D.C. metropolitan area was the ...

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When first-year corporate lawyer Rochelle Ballantyne is done working her day job, she’s focused on her goal of become the first Black female chess master. The game helped to put her on a successful ...