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From Living in a Shelter after Hurricane Katrina to Launching a Successful Bow Tie Company | Shoppe Black

November 28, 2019November 28, 2019#BuyBlack, African American Entrepreneurs

Oakland, CA based designer, Rashima Sonson is the owner of SONSON®, a bow tie brand that offers unique bow ties made of African wax print fabric, lamb leather, pearls, and Swarovski stones. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] In 2005, her life drastically changed from the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina. After being displaced to Philadelphia and living in […]

Black Women Entrepreneurs to Purchase Fashion Fair Beauty Line From Johnson Publishing For $1.85 Million | Black News

November 20, 2019November 20, 2019#BuyBlack, African American Entrepreneurs

New Orleans, LA — According to published reports, New Orleans native Desirée Glapion Rogers and her business partner, Cheryl Mayberry McKissack will purchase the iconic Fashion Fair beauty line from Johnson Publishing Company; the former publisher of Ebony and Jet magazines for $1.85 million. On Thursday, November 7, 2019, a bankruptcy judge approved the sale […]

Black Owned Esports Company Raises $50 Million | Shoppe Black

November 18, 2019November 18, 2019#BuyBlack, African American Entrepreneurs

PlayVS, a Black owned Esports company which develops software used to operate high school esports competitions, announced recently that it had completed a $50 million Series C funding round. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The round was led by New Enterprise Associates, which also headed up the company’s $15 million Series A in summer 2018. Other investors in […]

54Kibo, the Digital Marketplace Showcasing The Beauty of African Aesthetic and Luxury Décor | Shoppe Black

November 17, 2019November 17, 2019#BuyBlack, African American Entrepreneurs

54kibo is the premier luxury digital home décor retailer for interior design professionals and consumers. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The brand was launched in 2018 by Nana Quagraine. Nana was inspired after her travels back and forth between over a dozen African countries and her home in Brooklyn, New York. These travels helped her identify the strengths […]

Supreme Court seems interested in limited ruling in civil rights case | The Washington Post

November 13, 2019November 13, 2019African American Entrepreneurs, Civil Rights

In the buildup to the Supreme Court’s examination of whether cable giant Comcast refused to sign a deal with a black entertainer’s TV network, some advocates argued that the case threatened to hollow out a Reconstruction-era civil rights statute assuring equal contract rights for African Americans. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] But during hour of oral arguments Wednesday, […]

Military Spouse of the Year” Talks Helping Others Become Successful Entrepreneurs | Black Enterprise

November 12, 2019November 12, 2019#BuyBlack, African American Entrepreneurs ...

Being a Military spouse isn’t easy. Between dealing with frequent deployments, job changes and cross-country moves, you’re holding together the family on the home front and trying to keep your own identity. So about 6 years ago when Lakesha Cole, a Marine Corps spouse and mother of two, was faced with the family’s fifth deployment, […]

Byron Allen Rips Comcast & Donald Trump’s DOJ For “Institutionalized Racism” As SCOTUS Showdown Looms | Deadline

November 12, 2019November 12, 2019African American Entrepreneurs, Racism

EXCLUSIVE: Heading towards a $20 billion showdown with Comcast at the U.S. Supreme Court this fall in his long running racial discrimination lawsuit against the media giant, Byron Allen today tore into the Brian Roberts-run behemoth and an 11th hour intervention by the Department of Justice. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “This is historic,” the Entertainment Studios boss […]

Meet The Black Woman That Is Healing DC With Her Teas and Tonics | Essence

November 7, 2019January 27, 2020African American Entrepreneurs, African American Health

Dr. Sunyatta created Calabash Tea & Tonic to redefine what it means to heal — naturally.

Byron Allen v. Comcast: Supreme Court Race Case Could Reshape Bias Lawsuits | The Hollywood Reporter

November 4, 2019November 4, 2019African American Entrepreneurs, Black Businesses ...

While the TV mogul alleges racism in Comcast’s refusal to license his niche channels, U.S. businesses worry that a win for Allen during the new high court term would increase legal costs and hurt their reputations. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] When Byron Allen first launched a legal rampage back in 2015, few would have guessed he would […]

This Black Woman Runs The Newest Luxury Yacht Charter Service | Travel Noire

October 29, 2019October 29, 2019African American Entrepreneurs, African American Travel ...

As a young girl growing up on Virginia’s eastern shore, Sheila Ruffin came to love boats at an early age. Her grandfather was an avid boater so she spent a lot of her childhood around the water. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Once she was older, Sheila would go on to attend law school. After learning that she […]