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Backstage Capital Launches $36 Million “About Damn Time Fund” for Black Women Founders
May 7, 2018
Venture capital firm, Backstage Capital recently announced that it has launched a $36 million fund that will invest in Black women founders. The “It’s…
GrpFit is using Technology to Promote Health and Fitness in the Black Community
May 6, 2018
GrpFit is a fitness app created to address health issues in the Black community. Since we’re all about health and wellness, we decided to…
ABIAH Pays Tribute to Nina Simone on Upcoming Album
April 29, 2018
The week after Nina Simone, our fierce activist artist born as Eunice Wyman, was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, I…
Black Woman Directs First Ever Romantic Comedy about Black Muslim Life
April 29, 2018
We all love a good romantic comedy, right? You know those hilariously relatable ones with the universal storyline: Gorgeous girl-loves-undeserving guy, they marry, he…
A Black Woman at Waffle House Brutalized by Police and No One Seems to Care
April 23, 2018
“Black women are often considered angry and divisive in their interactions with others in both public and private. In mainstream feminism, our demand to…
How Janice Bryant Howroyd turned a $900 loan from her mom into a Billion Dollar Business
April 21, 2018
North Caroline native, Janice Bryant Howroyd is a multi millionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist. As the CEO and founder of the largest woman-owned workforce management…