By Gregory Simpkins I recently read an article that peaked my interest in examining Diaspora connections to Mother Africa and her people. Writing in the Worcester...
A groundbreaking initiative is underway to bring Black Americans back to Africa, spearheaded by a Black-owned construction company that plans to develop state-of-the-art sports arenas and...
Jessica Norwood, founder and CEO of financial innovation firm RUNWAY, recently announced the launch of ‘ROOTED,’ a groundbreaking US$50 million fund designed to support Black business...
Reuters | U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, a prominent progressive voice in the Democratic Party who was outspoken on African American and women’s rights, has died,...
Black-owned banks have a rich history of serving Black Americans and continue to support communities today. Emerging in response to discriminatory practices in the banking industry,...
AP | One of Idris Elba’s grandfathers fought in World War II, but he doesn’t know what he endured. No pictures or stories survive. “That part...
Bloomberg | Three years after pandemic-era funding led to a boom in Black-owned businesses in the US, the cohort of entrepreneurs seeking to expand is facing...
Bloomberg | At the turn of the 20th century, Anthony Fleming and J.R. Rooks, two Black men who had been driven off their farmland by White...
Black business ownership is experiencing its most rapid growth in three decades, with the proportion of Black households owning a business more than doubling from 5...
By Gregory Simpkins Many of us are familiar with Africa as a concept, though not necessarily as distinguishable, individual nations nor Caribbean nations as more than...
It’s notable that supporting Black businesses is seen by a significant portion of Black adults as an effective strategy for advancing equality in the U.S. This...
By Nigel Roberts Africa has been stereotyped as poor and politically unstable for decades, but countries like China and Russia continue to make headway into many...
By Osej Serratos, Morgan Norwood, and Allie Weintraub When Dorian Bolden began expanding his coffee shop, Beyu Caffe, in Durham, North Carolina, he says the most...
Black Americans make up just six percent of the life sciences workforce, according to the PEW Research Center. Forty-eight percent of those professionals are women. A...
AP | In 2016, responding to the fatal police shootings of 2 Black men just a day apart, Serena Williams joined a small chorus of top...
Bloomberg | For Black Americans, job prospects have improved since 2020. That’s the good news. The bad news is that the gains eked out over the...
HBCUs make up just 3% of U.S. higher education institutions, but they educate 14% of all Black college students and produce 24% of all Black degree...
Martin debuts new ad-supported digital network serving black viewers. The Black Star Network will launch a 24-hour streaming network early 2022
With federal funding and private donations, these schools are wiping out current students’ account balances – including tuition and fees – and giving them a fresh...
The city's "Black Wall Street" was among the most prosperous neighborhoods in America, and a Black utopia - and then it was burned to the ground
NAACP has been dedicated to fighting this pandemic from the outset - Derrick Johnson, NAACP president and CEO
More and more Black Americans are realizing that the success of Black businesses relies on them. In a time of financial anguish for many, some African-Americans...
