Black Girls Winning! From Lupita Nyong'o to Qimmah Saafir

A weekly round-up of us shining bright!

Lupita’s Play Eclipsed Heads to Broadway - With so much news out there about how hard it is to be a Black woman in America, this new weekly column celebrates the great and amazing things that we achieve every day. By Kellee Terrell The critically acclaimed off-Broadway play Eclipsed may have just opened in New York, but now it’s heading to the bright lights of Broadway. The play, written by The Walking Dead’s Danai Gurira and starring Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o, will head to the Golden Theater next year. (Photo: Ben Gabbe/Getty Images)

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Lupita’s Play Eclipsed Heads to Broadway - With so much news out there about how hard it is to be a Black woman in America, this new weekly column celebrates the great and amazing things that we achieve every day. By Kellee Terrell The critically acclaimed off-Broadway play Eclipsed may have just opened in New York, but now it’s heading to the bright lights of Broadway. The play, written by The Walking Dead’s Danai Gurira and starring Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o, will head to the Golden Theater next year. (Photo: Ben Gabbe/Getty Images)

Naturi Naughton Teaches Master Class in Acting in Chi-Town - Power star Naturi Naughton will be teaching a master acting class at the Fifth Annual Englewood International Film Festival in Chicago this weekend. According to DNA Info, Naughton will take the class through the fundamentals of acting while she is also booking actors for future projects. (Photo: David Buchan/Getty Images for Westfield)

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Naturi Naughton Teaches Master Class in Acting in Chi-Town - Power star Naturi Naughton will be teaching a master acting class at the Fifth Annual Englewood International Film Festival in Chicago this weekend. According to DNA Info, Naughton will take the class through the fundamentals of acting while she is also booking actors for future projects. (Photo: David Buchan/Getty Images for Westfield)

Amanda Seales and Issa Rae Team Up for New Web Series - Comedienne and B*Real contributor Amanda Seales has teamed up with Issa Rae for her new hilarious scripted web series Get Your Life. Set in the '90s, the show follows Amanda as she wonders if she should leave New York City to try and conquer LA in order for a new life and some new loving. Watch the first episode here, and catch the next one every Wednesday. (Photos from left: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Music Choice, Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Amanda Seales and Issa Rae Team Up for New Web Series - Comedienne and B*Real contributor Amanda Seales has teamed up with Issa Rae for her new hilarious scripted web series Get Your Life. Set in the '90s, the show follows Amanda as she wonders if she should leave New York City to try and conquer LA in order for a new life and some new loving. Watch the first episode here, and catch the next one every Wednesday. (Photos from left: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Music Choice, Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Black Lives Matters Co-Founders Stunt in Cosmo  - Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza and Opal Tomet, the co-founders of the Black Lives Matter Movement, were named in Cosmo's Fun Fearless 50 List. The women sound off about their past experiences with social justice and which leaders inspire them. (Photo: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images fot The New York Women's Foundation)

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Black Lives Matters Co-Founders Stunt in Cosmo  - Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza and Opal Tomet, the co-founders of the Black Lives Matter Movement, were named in Cosmo's Fun Fearless 50 List. The women sound off about their past experiences with social justice and which leaders inspire them. (Photo: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images fot The New York Women's Foundation)

Hannah Magazine Reaches Its Fundraising Goals - Real talk: There aren’t that many magazines geared toward Black women. But that’s going to change very soon. Created by writer Qimmah Saafir, the new start up magazine Hannah aims to celebrate women of color in a complicated and nuanced way. Even better: They raised a whopping $35,000 on Kickstarter to get their first print issue up and running. Look for it on newsstands in the upcoming months! (Photo: Hannah Magazine via KickStarter.com)

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Hannah Magazine Reaches Its Fundraising Goals - Real talk: There aren’t that many magazines geared toward Black women. But that’s going to change very soon. Created by writer Qimmah Saafir, the new start up magazine Hannah aims to celebrate women of color in a complicated and nuanced way. Even better: They raised a whopping $35,000 on Kickstarter to get their first print issue up and running. Look for it on newsstands in the upcoming months! (Photo: Hannah Magazine via KickStarter.com)

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Two Black Female Authors Nominated for National Book Awards - While a lot of attention has gone to Ta-Nehisi Coates’ book Between the World and Me and its National Book Awards nomination — as it should — it’s important to point out that two outstanding Black female authors have been nominated as well. Angela Flournoy for her novel The Turner House and Robin Coste-Lewis for her poetry book Voyage of the Sable Venus that addresses issues such as Black womanhood, identity and confronting stereotypes. (Photo: Angela Fluornoy via Instagram)

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Two Black Female Authors Nominated for National Book Awards - While a lot of attention has gone to Ta-Nehisi Coates’ book Between the World and Me and its National Book Awards nomination — as it should — it’s important to point out that two outstanding Black female authors have been nominated as well. Angela Flournoy for her novel The Turner House and Robin Coste-Lewis for her poetry book Voyage of the Sable Venus that addresses issues such as Black womanhood, identity and confronting stereotypes. (Photo: Angela Fluornoy via Instagram)

Mo'ne Davis Shines in espnW's Voices of the Future Series - Little League icon Mo'ne Davis was featured in ESPN's women's website as their Voices of the Future. The 14-year-old talks about the gender gap in sports and her ultimate dream of being a professional basketball player. (Photo: Robin Marchant/Getty Images)

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Mo'ne Davis Shines in espnW's Voices of the Future Series - Little League icon Mo'ne Davis was featured in ESPN's women's website as their Voices of the Future. The 14-year-old talks about the gender gap in sports and her ultimate dream of being a professional basketball player. (Photo: Robin Marchant/Getty Images)

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Mother-Daughter Launch Healthy Lunch Service - Packing healthy lunches for your little ones can be time-consuming for busy parents. But thanks to Dr. Schery Mitchell-James and Bri James, the mother-daughter duo behind Scrumpt, eating right just got easier. This delivery service lets parents pick from a selection of 27 different lunch-ready options from a dozen different vendors. You can buy three lunches for $19 or lunches for five $24. Eat up! (Photo: Scrumpt)

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Mother-Daughter Launch Healthy Lunch Service - Packing healthy lunches for your little ones can be time-consuming for busy parents. But thanks to Dr. Schery Mitchell-James and Bri James, the mother-daughter duo behind Scrumpt, eating right just got easier. This delivery service lets parents pick from a selection of 27 different lunch-ready options from a dozen different vendors. You can buy three lunches for $19 or lunches for five $24. Eat up! (Photo: Scrumpt)

Surviving - Actress turned writer/producer Reagan Gomez recently launched her new web series, Surviving. The sci-fi drama focuses on young doctor Shayla Robinson, who is trying to find out why a killer virus has come to her town in order to save herself, her family and her community. Watch here. (Photo: Reagan Gomez Productions via Youtube)

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Get to Know Reagan Gomez’s New Sci-Fi Web Series - Actress turned writer/producer Reagan Gomez recently launched her new web series, Surviving. The sci-fi drama focuses on young doctor Shayla Robinson, who is trying to find out why a killer virus has come to her town in order to save herself, her family and her community. Watch here. (Photo: Reagan Gomez Productions via Youtube)

Celia Is Here to Educate and Entertain - This week, Telemundo drops its epic new series celebrating the Queen of Salsa Celia Cruz. The 80-episode show, Celia, delves deep into her life experiencing staunch racism as a Black Cuban, to fleeing Cuba in the 1960s to her rise as one of the most famous and successful Spanish language singers in the world. Azucar! (Photo: Telemundo)

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Celia Is Here to Educate and Entertain - This week, Telemundo drops its epic new series celebrating the Queen of Salsa Celia Cruz. The 80-episode show, Celia, delves deep into her life experiencing staunch racism as a Black Cuban, to fleeing Cuba in the 1960s to her rise as one of the most famous and successful Spanish language singers in the world. Azucar! (Photo: Telemundo)