Inspiring Stories Archives - EMP PRESS

Breaking Barriers at 29,000 Feet — The First All-Black Team Reaches Mount Everest’s Summit

She Made History on Ice — The First Black Woman to Win an Individual Winter Olympic Gold Medal

From Being Teased for Her Dark Complexion to Redefining Global Beauty Standards — Khoudia Diop, The Senegalese “Melanin Goddess,” is Now a Model, Wife, and Mother

James Kagambi Becomes the First Kenyan to Summit Everest — at 62 Years Old!

Inspired by His Mom, Chiefs WR Xavier Worthy Launches Program Supporting 61,000 Single Moms in Kansas, City

After 25 Years, a Father Touches the Ocean Again — Thanks to His Physical Therapist Son

That Moment When Keni Harrison Realized the Clock Was Wrong — She Hadn’t Just Won the Race… She’d Broken the World Record

Triple the Talent! 18-Year-Old Jamaican Triplets Set Their Sights on Olympic Skiing History

Once An Underpaid K12 Teacher, She Combined Her Knowledge Of Real Estate With Her Network Of Affluent Investors And Created An Online School For Everyday People To Learn The Game

Meet Heman Bekele — the 15-Year-Old Ethiopian Teen Who Turned a Bar of Soap Into Hope for Skin Cancer Patients and Became TIME’S 2024 Kid of the Year!

The Afar People of East Africa — Where Every Curl and Bead Tells a Story of Beauty, Identity, and Pride

Meet Captain Theresa Claiborne — The First Black Woman Pilot in U.S. Air Force History