Valerie Daniels-Carter saw her chance at entrepreneurship when she heard that Burger King was looking to increase its number of Black-owned Burger King franchisees. She scrapped together her savings and sold her car and property…
The Texas public school system didn’t think Haley Taylor Schlitz was smart. When her previously high grades began to decline in the fifth grade, her parents were keen to get to the root of the…
An agency under the United States Department of Commerce has been ordered by a judge in Texas to diversify its mandate and to preclude racial profiling in its services to business owners. Judge Mark Pittman…
Due to limited access to finance for vehicle purchases, Africa has the lowest per capita car ownership in the world. Having a car can not only create a reliable source of income but also build…
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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