Gregory Jackson was looking for a new venture as after falling out of love with his cookie business. He entered the General Motors Minority Training Leadership Academy armed with the skills and funding to seek…
In 1811, more than 200 enslaved people launched an insurgency in present-day Louisiana. They escaped from sugarcane plantations on the German Coast and marched along the Mississippi River toward New Orleans. The revolt lasted only…
Although the economy was booming, the profits of Carnival Corporation remained stagnant and shareholders were getting agitated. The company was in the midst of two public relations nightmares. One of their ships had capsized off…
Foundry, a Black-founded and led cloud computing service provider focused on AI workloads, has emerged out of stealth. According to Fortune, the company has raised $80 million in total seed and Series A funding and…
NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston has named a new building after its first Black manager, Dorothy Vaughan. Building 12 was named the “Dorothy Vaughan Center in Honor of the Women of Apollo” in honor…
Track and field star Allyson Felix has received a $20 million grant from Melinda French Gates to support Black maternal health organizations. The donation is a part of a broader $1 billion commitment to support…
The Essence Festival of Culture recently held at the Caesars Superdome generated a windfall of over $300 million for New Orleans, according to the city’s mayor. The festival, which celebrates African American culture, blends music…
Ghanaian doctor Nancy Abu-Bonsrah has made history, becoming the first Black woman to graduate from Johns Hopkins University’s neurosurgery program. She pursued her clinical interests in neurosurgery, neurotrauma and neurosurgical capacity building in low-and-middle-income countries.…
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