From academia and government to business and science, Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson’s outstanding reputation precedes her. She has been paving the way for scientists, women and African Americans since she decided to dedicate her life…
Cheryl Contee says she has ‘the sickness of being a serial entrepreneur’, and it becomes quite clear when you look at the businesses that she has founded. Contee co-founded Attentive.ly, a tech startup specializing in…
When Bessie Coleman heard of the exploits of World War I pilots, she was intrigued. She was working as a manicurist and took a second job as a restaurant manager to save money for aviation…
Achieving the American dream can be quite costly. Today, more than half of students leave school with debt with women and people of more likely to have student loan debt and higher balances. Over 43…
Peggy Marie Alford is a highly accomplished executive who was most recently the Executive Vice President, Global Sales at PayPal. She oversaw the global sales and distribution of PayPal’s products and services and led the…
It is perhaps an indictment of a system where we can only greet anecdotes and isolated successes with glee. But on the brighter side, the progress of Black men and women in corporate America is…
Sheila Johnson is the co-founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET) and founder and owner of Salamander Hotels & Resorts, and remarkably, the third richest Black woman in the United States. The entertainment and hospitality magnate…
Celebrities, athletes, musicians rappers, and actors lose their money so often that it is no longer shocking. But bouncing back from the ruin, more so in a completely different industry is rare. Stanley Kirk Burrell,…
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