Serena Williams: 'I want to see more people in design that look like me'

Presented by   You know Serena Williams as a tennis superstar. But she's also a passionate fashion designer who attended school to study the craft. And over the past two decades, as she has launched her own fashion label and collaborated with other designers, she has seen firsthand how white and exclusionary the fashion world can be. Williams wants to see more designers who look like her, and she's on a mission to make it happen. She partnered with Nike to launch an apprenticeship program for young, minority designers called the Serena Williams Design Crew.  The inaugural crew included 10 designers who spent six months designing Williams' latest collection for Nike, which drops in early September. Catch a first glimpse of the collection, and read about what's next for the program here. — Elizabeth Segran   Serena Williams: ‘I want to see more people in design that look like me’ The tennis great wanted to create a pipeline for young designers of color to break into Nike. The Serena Williams Design Crew does just that. Here’s a first look at their collection. READ MORE   Inside the fantastical world of Afrofuturism, from P-Funk’s Mothership to ‘Black Panther’ ‘Mothership: Voyage Into Afrofuturism,’ a new exhibit at the Oakland Museum of California, is a multisensory ode to Black voices. READ MORE   Parts of the web are disappearing every day. Here’s how to save Internet history The websites of today are the historical evidence of tomorrow—but only if they are archived. READ MORE   See the states that owe renters billions in housing assistance checks States have $25 billion in the bank to hand to rental assistance. Most of it is just sitting there. READ MORE

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