How Physical Pain is a Teacher for the Pain of Entrepreneurship
Considered one of Colorado’s most influential African Americans, Bishop Kevin Foreman is a preacher, business owner, author, life coach and...
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How the New York African Film Festival Became a Cultural Icon
Mahen Bonetti says if she knew how hard it would be to launch the New York African Film Festival (NYAFF,...
How Black Activism in the U.S. Influences Advocacy in the UK
Cherrelle Skeete is the founder of Blacktress UK, a support and advocacy nonprofit for Black actresses in Britain. Of Caribbean...
Historian Janice Canaday Returns to Colonial Williamsburg After its COVID-19 Shutdown
Janice Canaday has been a historian at Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia for twelve years, but she has been a part...
Tiffany Cross Takes Media, Pundits to Task for Erasing Black Voices
Tiffany Cross is known for her deeply trenchant takes on America’s social and political landscapes. On-air political analyst, publisher, a...
New Streaming Video Service For Black Culture
Detroit native Jemell Cotton began his professional career as a freelance web developer when he was about 25 years old....
Race Car Driver Teen Turned Father’s Day Gift Into Award-Winning Business
One of the strongest business trends over the past several years has been the rise of Black women entrepreneurs. According...
Telling Today’s Black Stories Via Public Media
Black Public Media (BPM), one of the country’s oldest nonprofits supporting Black filmmakers, celebrates its 40th anniversary with the launch...
A Nurse Finds a Niche in the Cannabis Industry
Nurse-entrepreneur Kebra Smith-Bolden remembers her grandmother as “a jazzy lady who, at eighty-eight years old,” had a boyfriend, drove her...
Bruce Lincoln Brings to Life the Vision of Silicon Harlem
Bruce Lincoln has been at the forefront of technology for more than two decades. He grew up in Lutherville, Md.,...
Yvonne Cheek Talks Strategic Organizational Change
At six years old, child music prodigy Yvonne Cheek, Ph.D., knew she wanted to be a teacher. She did not...
Edelman’s Arielle Patrick on Public Relations During COVID-19
At just 30 years old, Arielle Patrick has achieved career heights of which many who are much older still dream....
Starting An Online Fitness Business During The COVID-19 Pandemic
Online dance and fitness classes have exploded amid the coronavirus pandemic, capturing not only domestic audiences, but also audiences worldwide....
Founder of African Women In Tech Talks Tech Education, Entrepreneurship
Born in Nigeria and raised in the United States, Anie Akpe is a force to be reckoned with. The publishing...
Leadership In Diversity: Analytics Giant SAS Steps Up
As a legacy of separate and unequal education continues to hinder African-Americans from fully participating in and benefiting from today’s...
Silicon Harlem NextGen Conference Stresses “Access & Exposure”
Silicon Harlem chose the theme “World 4.0: Let’s Get Ready!” for its 6th Annual NextGen Conference this year, putting emphasis...
Talking With Serena Williams: Her Brand; Her VC Company
When Serena Williams begins to figure out the next steps for her clothing brand, she asks her self one question,...