This man took a bank loan for vacation but it was seed money for the first Black-owned firm on the American Stock Exchange

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George Johnson had one dream and it was to start a hair company specifically catering to Black consumers. But when…

Why NBA legend Dave Bing worked during the offseason to build a multi-million business empire

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Most people know Dave Bing as the NBA Hall of Famer turned mayor of Detroit. What many do not know…

These two Black women are attempting to revive the original Black Wall Street

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Black Wall Street is the name that has been given to the neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma where African-Americans created a…

How Nigerian immigrant Philip Ozuah orchestrated the largest donation to a medical school in the United States

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In February, videos of students at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine celebrating a historic gift that ensured they would…

How Antoine Grant went from an employee to owning a $30 million revenue furniture company in under a year

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Choosing between the stability that a corporate career offers and the creative control and sense of fulfillment that comes with…

Black Barbie doll visionary honored with a day

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In 1980, Louvenia "Kitty" Black Perkins made history by creating the first Black Barbie doll. The doll shattered barriers in…

Nourish+Bloom: America’s first Black-owned AI-powered grocery store believes it is the answer to food deserts

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A Black-owned autonomous grocery store where shoppers can check in and out without human store assistance is being advertised as…

With under $200 worth of ingredients, these two Black women have built a haircare product sold in 50 countries

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There is a widely held consensus that US and European fashion products and marketing can be forgetful of Black women.…

The Year of Telfar: How a Liberian-American fashion designer got Oprah and AOC excited over a shopping bag

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Liberian-American fashion designer Telfar Clemens' literally-named Shopping Bag has been described as the "it bag". It is unisex, made of…

Pharrell Williams cleared the student loans of these five and now they are doing same for others

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In 2022, Pharrell Williams wiped the student loans of five NAACP student leaders during the start of his Something in…