Vanessa Kingori wears many hats. She is a journalist, a fashionista and now a tech executive. She made history as the first Black publisher for Condé Nast Britain and the first woman publishing director in…
Daymond John, renowned for his investment deals on “Shark Tank” and the launching of the clothing brand FUBU (also recognized as For Us, By Us), is a dynamic entrepreneur with a remarkably modest start. John…
Business ownership is a tradition in the lineage of Legacy Builder Group LLC’s owners, Mark Mollon and Marcella Mollon-William, from great-grandparents to kids. As siblings with an entrepreneurial lineage, Mark Mollon and Marcella Mollon-William represent…
With a market capitalization of nearly $3 trillion, Apple is one of the most valuable publicly traded companies in the world. Its products ranging from the iPhone, MacBook, and iPad to AirPods and the multitude…
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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