PUMA and F1 have collaborated with the renowned American music icon A$AP Rocky in an effort to broaden their reach and explore the intersection of streetwear, fashion, and sports. A$AP Rocky, a multifaceted music artist,…
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama is a highly influential individual with many fascinating accomplishments. Once the first lady of the United States, Mrs. Obama is also a lawyer, a prolific writer, and generally one of the…
Warren Anderson worked for McDonald’s for close to free in order to learn how to run a distribution and logistics business. Over three decades later, he is the CEO and President of The Anderson-DuBose Company…
The business evolution of Olamide Olowe, founder and CEO of skincare company Topicals, stands out among many on the venture capital scene. For one, she is on record as the youngest Black woman ever to…
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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