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Before Madame CJ Walker, there was the woman who taught her the rules of success and it’s time her story was told.
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Entrepreneur Closes $1.7 Million Seed Funding for His Warranty Platform, Upsie | Black Enterprise
Upsie is an app designed to take the headaches and guesswork out of product warranties.
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Facebook names Amex CEO Kenneth Chenault to its board, making him its first black member | Quartz
Facebook is making good on its promise that it would add an African-American member to its board of directors. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Kenneth Chenault, the retiring head of American Express, will be joining the board, which currently does not include any people of color, and only two women among its eight members.
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Forward Press | Baltimore Magazine
As a Vietnam vet, former Black Panther, and father of a literary superstar, Paul Coates has lived a life reminiscent of the great literature he publishes.
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22 Black Owned Alternatives to H&M | Shoppe Black
It shouldn’t take something like this to remind us that there are MANY other Black owned fashion brands that make casual wear and that actually appreciate your money.
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African-American unemployment hit record low December 2017 | The Philadelphia Tribune
WASHINGTON (AP) — Years of steady hiring and economic growth have delivered a cumulative benefit for at least one group that hasn’t always shared in America’s prosperity.
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Reginald F. Lewis, Another Shining Chapter in Black Baltimore’s History | AFRO
Reginald F. Lewis has been an omnipresent and enigmatic figure on the Baltimore landscape for decades since his death in 1993.
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Black Business Matter: Historic Washington Neighborhood Anacostia Getting its First (Black) Bookstore in Two Decades | Atlanta Black Star
MahoganyBooks is challenging this historic neighborhood to write a new chapter in community education and service by setting up shop in the four-year-old Anacostia Arts Center at 1231 Good Hope Road.
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There Are Currently 4 Black CEOs in the Fortune 500 | The Atlantic
Next year, that number is set to drop to three. What happened to progress toward diversifying corporations’ highest ranks?
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Tech Start-Up Founder Kristina Jones Becomes 14th Black Woman to Raise $1M In Outside Capital | Atlanta Black Star
“You have to do some digging to really strike gold,” she said.
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