Promote black-owned business, entrepreneurs, and economic success
Raise awareness of and celebrate black culture, art and artists
Support black opportunities to participate in higher education
Inside Overtown’s ‘Everyday People,’ The Soul Basel Exhibit Celebrating Black Art & Community
The beauty, resilience and complexity of the African American experience illuminate the walls of the Everyday People exhibit in the heart of Overtown. Featuring over 80 art pieces across three...
The Lip Bar: Detroit’s Black-Owned Beauty Brand That Proved The Sharks Wrong
I remembered The Lip Bar from their infamous 2015 “Shark Tank” rejection—the moment Kevin O’Leary called founder Melissa Butler and her creative director “colorful cockroaches” and told them they’d...
Rod Paige, Nation’s First African American To Serve As Secretary Of Education, Dies At 92
Rod Paige, an educator, coach and administrator who rolled out the nation’s landmark No Child Left Behind law as the first African American to serve as U.S. education secretary, died Tuesday. Former...
Historic South LA Black Cultural District Is First Of Its Kind In The State
South Los Angeles is the state's first-ever Black Cultural District, following Friday's vote of approval by the California Arts Council. Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas, who represents the South Los...
Black Entrepreneurs Celebrate Progress, Community, Purpose
On a night filled with sequins, laughter, and long embraces, Montgomery County’s Black business community gathered at the Doubletree Hotel in Gaithersburg, Maryland on Nov. 20, for an evening that...
How Amazon’s Generative AI Is Empowering Black Innovators & Entrepreneurs
For generations, Black innovators and entrepreneurs have driven cultural and economic growth, launching businesses, shaping industries, and influencing trends that define global markets. Yet too...
