On June 3, 1943, almost all of the 25,000 white workers at the Detroit Packard Motor Company went on strike and ceased all production to protest the recent promotion of three black workers. In the early 1940s, many people migrated to the urban North from rural areas in the Deep South, searching for manufacturing jobs […]
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Black Woman-Owned Construction Firm Hired to Build New Terminals at JFK and Laguardia Airports | BlackBusiness.com
Staff, BlackBusiness.com PHOTOGRAPHED BY JOHNY PITTS. Featured Image [dropcap]Being[/dropcap] a woman in the male-dominated construction industry could be challenging for some. But for Cheryl McKissack Daniel, who is the president and CEO of McKissack & McKissack, the oldest Black-owned and female-run construction company in the US, it always feels like home. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Based in […]
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The Impact of Structural Racism in Employment and Wages on Minority Women’s Health | American Bar Association
Ruqaiijah Yearby, American Bar Association [dropcap]In[/dropcap] 2010, at the end of the great recession that disproportionately harmed racial minorities and women, the federal government recognized that health disparities are caused by the social determinants of health (SDOH) (Figure 1), which are outside an individual’s control. In fact, research shows that SDOH account for 80 to […]
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How One Woman Is Shattering The Glass Ceiling In Wall Street | Forbes
Janice Gassam, Forbes Lauren Simmons made history as the youngest and only full-time female trader at the New York Stock Exchange. IDA JOHN. Featured Image [dropcap]Despite[/dropcap] progress made in making our workplaces more diverse, there are still several industries where the glass and concrete ceilings are more prevalent. One such industry is the financial industry. […]
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5 Small Business Grants for Black Women Entrepreneurs in 2019 | Black Enterprise
Tarra Jackson, Black Enterprise On average, black women workers are paid only 67 cents on the dollar relative to white non-Hispanic men, even after controlling for education, years of experience and location. (Photo by WOCinTech Chat | Flickr CC 2.0). Featured Image [dropcap]As[/dropcap] women-owned businesses continue to grow, one of the significant obstacles they face […]
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Whites maintain grip on leadership roles in Philly | The Philadelphia Tribune
Michael D’Onofrio, Tribune Staff Writer, The Philadelphia Tribune | Octavius V. Catto Memorial, City Hall, Philadelphia, PA. Featured Image [dropcap]Philadelphia[/dropcap] government’s workforce is nearly half Black and overwhelmingly male, while white employees dominate leadership positions, the majority of which females hold. The Kenney administration released its 2018 Workforce Diversity Profile report on Friday, which gave […]
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Michigan drops conviction box from job, license applications | Michigan Chronicle
David Eggert , Michigan Chronicle Formerly incarcerated New Yorkers rally with VOCAL to ban the box outside City Hall. (VOCAL) Featured Image [dropcap]LANSING[/dropcap], MICH. – Gov. Rick Snyder is ordering the state to no longer ask job applicants and people seeking certain occupational licenses to check a box if they have been convicted of a […]
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The Black Struggle for Technology Jobs | The Atlantic
In Atlanta and other racially segregated cities, the education system is stacked against African Americans competing for STEM careers. If Amazon picks the city for its second headquarters, things could get even worse.
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Nation’s first shopping center owned, operated by Blacks turns 50 | The Philadelphia Tribune
When he was a boy, Howard Sullivan was always excited to join his father at the construction site of what is now Sullivan Progress Plaza in North Philadelphia.
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The Supreme Court Justice Who Forever Changed Affirmative Action | The Atlantic
Justice Lewis Powell’s ruling in the 1978 case Regents v. Bakke buoyed affirmative action—but in the process, it transformed how colleges think about race and equality in admissions.
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