National Standard Abstract, a Black family-owned real estate title insurance firm has emerged as a leader in the industry. Headed by founder and president Osei Rubie and his son and partner Nadir Rubie, the firm…
Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream Speech” was delivered at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and was organized by Black union members as a call for workplace equality.…
Khamil Bailey, originally from East Orange, New Jersey, relocated to Pittsburgh in 2005 to pursue her education at the University of Pittsburgh, subsequently choosing to make the city her home. Over time, she became aware…
The storied history of Wall Street begins from the 17th century with an actual wall. Wall Street was also the site of a slave market in pre-independence America and even some time afterwards. And when…
Over three decades ago, Patricia Williams began working with the McDonald’s franchise to build a legacy for her children. She never assumed that they would want to work for or even take over the business…
Troy Smith, the founder and CEO of G1 Commercial Mortgage believes that economic empowerment is the saving grace for African-Americans. He posits that to take control of wealth, Black people need to control the economic…
Don Barden‘s rise to the top is a true grass-to-grace story. Beginning with a record label and newspaper, he developed the largest Black cable television operator. Barden was the first African-American to own a casino…
While the top 10% of residents in America own 76% of the nation’s wealth, the bottom 50% own just 1%. African-Americans and other minorities have less than seven times the average wealth of their white…
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