Black Business
Black Owned Restaurant Partners with Walmart to create over 30 Jobs
Cornbread is a unique Black owned restaurant that is creating jobs and a space where traditional soul food dishes are prepared using … Keep Reading
Meet the Black Woman who owns the only Pro Women’s sports team in St. Louis
There are very few women owned sports teams. There are even less sports teams owned by a young Black woman. Khalia Collier, … Keep Reading
This Black Real Estate Developer is Launching a $500 Million fund for Minority Developers
Roy Donahue “Don” Peebles is the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Peebles Corporation, the largest Black owned real estate … Keep Reading
Sisters’ Furlough Cheesecakes Will Soon Be Sold In Walmart
It was back in January when sisters Nikki Howard and Jaqui Wright found themselves furloughed and without income during the partial government … Keep Reading
Black Grocery Coop Celebrates 10 Years and an Expansion
Mandela Grocery is a Black Grocery coop that’s on a mission to nourish their neighborhood of West Oakland with healthy food, wellness … Keep Reading
The First Black Owned Piano Manufacturing Business
Warren Shadd is the founder of Shadd Piano, the first Black owned piano manufacturing business. That makes him the first large-scale commercial … Keep Reading
Black Culture
100 Foot Stevie Wonder Mural Completed in Downtown Detroit
A monumental mural of Stevie Wonder can now be seen outside the Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts downtown Detroit. The … Keep Reading
Jaden Smith Launches a Free Vegan Food Truck To Feed LA’s Homeless
Jaden Smith has launched a vegan food truck that serves free food to people on Skid Row, an area of LA that … Keep Reading
New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center Acquires Collection of Fab 5 Freddy
Some 120 boxes of archived notebooks, screenplays, fliers, and photography from the collection of hip-hop legend Fred “Fab 5 Freddy” Brathwaite are … Keep Reading
Black Thought
How a Black Psychiatrist Shaped “Sesame Street” As a Tool Against Racism
Sesame Street is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. The rush of stories and social posts about the iconic children’s TV show has … Keep Reading
A conversation with Architect, Iddris Sandu
By now, you’ve heard of Iddris Sandu, the young visionary who landed an internship with Google at 13, received a Presidential scholar … Keep Reading
(Re)presenting the Color Line as Told By Du Bois’s Data Portraits
Much has been written on W. E. B. Du Bois and the 1900 Paris Exposition, much of it repetitive, lacking new or … Keep Reading
Black Love Matters
Couples Inc. : Cee and Malcolm own a Hemp Farm in North Carolina
The 2018 US Farm Bill has now legalized commercial production of hemp. Hemp farmers across the country are now working to fit into a rapidly growing billion … Keep Reading
Couples, Inc. : Java and Michelle Help the Environment by Putting Your Food Waste to Work
Java’s Compost is a family-owned, full-service composting company that seeks to make composting as fast and convenient as possible. The husband and … Keep Reading
Aesthetics + Design
Restoration of Nina Simone’s Childhood Home To Begin This Spring
The proposed rehabilitation of Nina Simone’s childhood home in Tryon, N.C., is moving forward, according to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The … Keep Reading
Meet the Black Architect who designed Duke University 37 years before he could have attended it
In 1902, when Julian F. Abele graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in architecture, he was the school’s first-ever … Keep Reading
Professional Spotlight
Leslie Anderson, CEO of the NJ Redevelopment Authority
Leslie Anderson is President & CEO of the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority (NJRA), a multi-million dollar independent financing institution created by the … Keep Reading
Assemblywoman Angela McKnight helps create laws that actually make a difference
In our collective pursuit of economic empowerment, it is important to acknowledge the role of politics. It is also important to acknowledge the … Keep Reading