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Meet the Owner of the Largest Beauty Supply store in Stockbridge, GA
January 24, 2019
Cova Beauty is a black owned beauty supply store that specializes in cosmetics, organic care products, hair extensions and accessories. They are also the…
A Black-Led Food Co-op Grows in Detroit
January 22, 2019
Malik Yakini came to cooperative economics as a student at Eastern Michigan University in the mid-1970s when he started a food-buying club. “I wasn’t…
Ade Ajao sold his former company for $100 Million and became a VC
January 20, 2019
Adeyemi (“Ade”) Ajao is co-founder & Managing Partner at Base10 Partners, an early-stage venture capital fund. Base10 recently made news for raising $137 million,…
Meet The Black Woman Who Created The World’s Largest Tech Conference
January 19, 2019
Social Media Week Lagos is the largest and Blackest conference that you’ve probably never heard of until now. Social Media Week features a central…
Foot Locker Invests $2 Million in Black Owned Footwear Design Academy
January 18, 2019
Foot Locker Inc. has made a $2 million investment in Pensole Inc., which operates the Pensole Footwear Design Academy, founded by former Jordan design director…
Remembering Atlantic City’s Black History and Segregated Past
January 17, 2019
Like much of the United States, Atlantic City, New Jersey, was both de facto and legally segregated throughout much of its history, until the Brown…