Long before his playing career was over, NBA veteran Ulysses Lee “Junior” Bridgeman was preparing for life after basketball. He realised early that the money he earned during his playing career wouldn’t support life after…
Economic, social and political progress made by Black America since the apogee of the civil rights era have come under threat more than ever before in the last six decades. That is according to the…
Although Sarah Menker grew up in what could be described as a middle-class family, she lived a life where everything was rationed during the Ethiopian famine in the 1980s. As young as she was at the…
Every entrepreneur and businessperson diligently crafts strategies for business growth and sustenance. Although many plans are implemented smoothly, unforeseen events can derail even the most carefully laid-out strategies, potentially causing setbacks beyond anticipation, particularly when…
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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