Three entrepreneurs from Flossmoor, Illinois — Charles Alexander, Mark Edmond, and Jamel Lewis — have made history after launching Black Bread Co., the first-ever Black-owned sliced bread company in the US.
The idea first came to Edmond while he w ...
Posted Thursday, April 29th 2021 at 7:18PM
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President Joe Biden has officially reached his first 100 days in office and a lot of us are just happy to have a level-headed, competent adult in the Oval office. As U.S citizens discuss all that Biden has been able to accomplish in before reaching t ...
Posted Thursday, April 29th 2021 at 7:12PM
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In 2011, at the age of 26, Ashley Lamothe became the youngest franchise owner in Chick-fil-A history. However, her story with the company started many years before when she began working at a Chick-fil-A restaurant outside of Atlanta at the age of 15 ...
Posted Thursday, April 29th 2021 at 4:24PM
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Morgan Stanley and Morehouse College today announced the first cohort of Morehouse students selected to participate in Morgan Stanley’s inaugural HBCU Scholars Program, an integrated initiative to support students at three Historically Black Colleges ...
Posted Thursday, April 29th 2021 at 4:11PM
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Meet Marcia Smith, a graduate of Howard University and the founder of a very successful fashion line called HGC Apparel that she launched in 2006. She describes herself as a self-proclaimed 90’s kid who is passionate about the uplifting and expansion ...
Posted Wednesday, April 28th 2021 at 4:37PM
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The National Forum for Black Public Administrators (NFBPA) is pleased to announce its 2021 Scholarship Program. The NFBPA Scholarship Program is designed to recognize African American or other minority students who are currently enrolled full-time at ...
Posted Tuesday, April 27th 2021 at 8:55PM
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Darnell Washington, a native son of Tulsa, Oklahoma, who has over 30 years of experience in television broadcasting sales, management, and ownership, has created a new streaming service called the Black Wall Street TV Network. He says he was inspired ...
Posted Tuesday, April 27th 2021 at 4:07PM
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Camillya Masunda, an entrepreneur from Charlotte, North Carolina, has launched Ebony Wine & Spirits, the only Black-owned wine and spirits company in her hometown. Aside from making history, the single mother is also determined to build generational ...
Posted Tuesday, April 27th 2021 at 4:04PM
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Comedian and actress Robin Thede is no stranger to celebrating Black culture in her work. From having her own late-night show, "The Rundown with Robin Thede," to her HBO hit "A Black Lady Sketch Show" Thede has always shown just how funny Black folks ...
Posted Tuesday, April 27th 2021 at 3:55PM
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There's no question that Stacey Abrams is ABOUT.THAT.ACTION. From getting more people of color registered to vote to flipping the state of Georgia blue, Abrams is no stranger to being on the frontline fighting for the rights of her people. That is wh ...
Posted Tuesday, April 27th 2021 at 3:39PM
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Last week, President Joe Biden nominated intelligence technology expert Dr. Stacey Dixon to serve as the Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence.
If confirmed, this Stanford and Georgia Tech alum would become the first Black woman to ho ...
Posted Tuesday, April 27th 2021 at 3:23PM
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For the second year in a row, Chick-fil-A is focusing its True Inspiration Awards on Black-led nonprofits. Additionally, nonprofits that impact communities of color are also eligible. Earlier last week, the fast food chain announced that applications ...
Posted Tuesday, April 27th 2021 at 2:39PM
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11-year-old Hart Wilson may be young, but he knows what he wants and how to get it. Wilson has used his determination and entrepreneurial spirit to start his own candle business so he can one day attend his dream school- Howard University!
This te ...
Posted Tuesday, April 27th 2021 at 2:29PM
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Meet Duane "Myko" Cheers, Danita Claytor, and Jumoke Jackson, the friends and co-founders of Everything Legendary, a Black-owned vegan burger brand that can be found in your local grocery store. Earlier this year, they landed a $300,000 investment de ...
Posted Monday, April 26th 2021 at 5:45PM
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If you thought the end of the Trump administration meant that we had heard the last from Former HUD Secretary Ben Carson, you thought wrong (unfortunately). Carson recently wrote an Op-Ed piece for The Washington Post sharing what he thought to be an ...
Posted Monday, April 26th 2021 at 5:40PM
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