The Freedmen’s Savings and Trust Company, commonly referred to as The Freedmen’s Bank, was incorporated on March 3, 1865. It was created by the United States Congress along with the Freedmen’s Bureau to aid the freedmen in their transition from slavery to freedom.
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Couples Inc. : Beauty Supply Store Owners, Quintin & Megan Lathan – Shoppe Black
After all the conversations about how too few Black people are involved in the beauty supply industry, we were glad to learn about Quintin and Megan Lathan. They own Beauty Plus, a beauty supply store in Baltimore.
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Meet Khiry, the Afro-Futuristic Jewelry Line Launched By a College Student – Racked
And that’s not even the most impressive thing about it.
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10 Successful Black Executives Who Attended HBCUs – Atlanta Black Star
Tanasia Kenney | Atlanta Black Star Rosalind Brewer, the First Black Woman to Lead a Walmart Division Detroit native Rosalind Brewer completed her undergraduate degree at Spelman College, where she earned a bachelor’s in chemistry. For 22 years, Brewer worked at personal-care corporation Kimberly-Clarke before becoming a regional VP for Walmart in 2006. She went […]
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Couples Inc. : Nicaila & Muoyo Use Tech to Inspire Entrepreneurs – Shoppe Black
For our Couples Inc. series, we’ll be highlighting dope couples who either run a business together or separately (With the support of their partner of course!)
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10 Thriving Black Towns You Didn’t Learn About In History Class – Atlanta Black Star
African American innovations were not touched upon enough by our history teachers.
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Hill Harper Urges Others to ‘Invest In Detroit’ After Buying Coffee Shop to Train Young People – Atlanta Black Star
Actor and author Hill Harper has fallen in love with Detroit and he’s investing in the city’s youths by providing them a chance to develop their job skills.
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12-year-old oil Baron: The story of Sarah Rector, America’s youngest African-American millionaire – The Vintage News
On January 15, 1914, a rather strange headline appeared in The Kansas City Star: “Oil made pickaninny rich – Oklahoma girl with $15,000 a month gets many proposals – four white men in Germany want to marry the negro child that they might share her fortune.”
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Two Sisters Created the Only Luxury Chocolate Brand Made in Africa – Shoppe Black
Although West African countries produce over seventy percent of world’s cocoa, I’ll bet you can’t name one African chocolate brand. Why? Because most of the Continent’s cocoa is exported to foreign countries that produce their own brands.
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Black Female Tech Entrepreneur Creates Real-Time Food Rescue App To Address Hunger – Atlanta Black Star
Jasmine Crowe, founder of the Goodr Food Rescue App, believes this is a serious problem. No one should have to decide if food is a necessity in their home.
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