With black votes in the balance in the Democratic primary, would-be candidates are already developing aggressive policies to target inequality.
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Black Philanthropy! Billionaire Robert F. Smith Donates $1.5 Mil to Morehouse College | The Network Journal
Billionaire Robert F. Smith has donated a cool $1.5 million to the preservation and programs of the beloved Morehouse College, a fixture in the HBCU community located in Atlanta, Georgia.
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The Racial Wealth Gap Could Become a 2020 Litmus Test | The Atlantic
With black votes in the balance in the Democratic primary, would-be candidates are already developing aggressive policies to target inequality.
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Fight For $15 Minimum Wage Back at Forefront in Md. | The Washington Informer
William J. Ford, The Washington Informer | AP Photo/Mary Altaffer. Featured Image [dropcap]ANNAPOLIS[/dropcap]— State lawmakers, activists, business owners and workers held a press conference Monday inside the House of Delegates in support of raising Maryland’s minimum hourly wage to $15. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Many of the same proponents gathered in the same room at the same […]
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The American Dream Isn’t for Black Millennials | The New York Times
What I learned from talking to more than 70 of my peers — and trying to buy a house.
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Homeowners have lost $156 billion by living in a ‘black neighborhood’ | CNN Business
Homes of similar quality in neighborhoods with similar amenities are worth 23% less in majority-black neighborhoods, compared to those with very few or no black residents.
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(July 29, 1985) Poverty is complex; Poor share work ethic, U.S. dream | Los Angeles Times
“Every chance at a job turns out just to be a tease…”
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Meet the Only Black Woman in the U.S. Who Owns Her Own Bank | Black Business.Org
48-year old Kiko Davis is the majority stockholder of Detroit-based First Independence Bank, one of the top 10 largest Black-owned banks in the United States. This makes her the only Black woman in the country who owns a bank.
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Black Billionaire Robert F. Smith, Just Made Another $3 Billion with Sell to Adobe | Black Enterprise
Vista Equity, the private equity firm launched by black billionaire and engineer Robert F. Smith, announced it is selling a cloud-service company it purchased in 2016, Marketo, to Adobe, for $4.7 billion.
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Octavia Spencer-Led Series on Madam C.J. Walker Coming to Netflix | Colorlines
The beauty mogul built a hair care empire and became the first Black female millionaire.
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