Growing up in his hometown of Kansas City, Dennis Williams, a 30 Black Star honoree for 2023, never envisioned himself as a corporate executive. In his community, Black professionals were typically teachers, postal workers, and…
On September 7, 2023, Google announced the appointment of Alex Okosi, currently Managing Director for YouTube in EMEA Emerging Markets, as its new Managing Director for Africa. In this role, Okosi is in charge of…
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues its rapid ascent into various aspects of our lives and work, there is a growing fear that it will replace human jobs and skills. However, Fumbi Chima, a global technology…
With the recent resignation of Rosalind Brewer as Walgreens CEO, Thasunda Brown Duckett is now the only Black woman leading a Fortune 500 Company. McKinsey’s Women in the Workplace Report demonstrates that for every 100…
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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