A financial literacy curriculum designed by a father-son duo is helping students at one high school learn how to invest in the stock market. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Virginia esquire Kevon L. Chisolm and his 11-year-old son, Kamari Chisolm, announced the launch of Black Wallstreeter Consultation Services back in March to aid people, particularly young people, with […]
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Meet 7 Black Women Entrepreneurs Who Run Successful Businesses You Need To Know About | Essence
From assistance with collecting child support payments to jewelry that relieves hot flashes, these Black-owned brands provide invaluable services. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Day 2 of the ESSENCE + New Voices Entrepreneur Summit and Target Holiday Market featured a dynamic panel discussion moderated by ESSENCE UnBossed ESSENCE Podcast host Marquita Harris, who spoke with several successful women […]
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Former Pittsburgh Pirates First Baseman Owns the Third Largest Black-Owned Car Dealership | Black Enterprise
As leader at a top black-owned car dealership for the past decade or so, Dorian Boyland is not your ordinary auto dealer. Most dealerships are judged by how many vehicles they sell or how much revenue they produce. The Boyland Auto Group CEO, however, judges himself based on how much profit he can generate from […]
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This D.C.-Based Summit is Bringing Creatives of Color to the Forefront | Black Enterprise
Real-life connections and face-to-face interactions are coveted opportunities for many millennials in today’s digital world. Instead of merely scrolling through everyone else’s highlight reel on social media, studies show that millennials are investing in experiential activities. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Launched in 2018, the Foreground Summit provides creatives and founders of color with a safe space to […]
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From Living in a Shelter after Hurricane Katrina to Launching a Successful Bow Tie Company | Shoppe Black
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 […]
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Introducing a New Black-Owned Line of Ready-to-Bake Frozen Cookie Dough | Black Business.com
Megan Mottley, a mother, baker, and entrepreneur from Memphis, Tennessee, has recently debuted her line of Goodness Gracious Luxe Cookies frozen cookie dough at a grocery store in her hometown. The cookie dough, which is ready-to-bake, has no preservatives, and has the same taste as her delectable homemade, freshly-baked cookies! [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Mottley has always […]
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Black Women Entrepreneurs to Purchase Fashion Fair Beauty Line From Johnson Publishing For $1.85 Million | Black News
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 […]
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Black Owned Esports Company Raises $50 Million | Shoppe Black
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 […]
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Supreme Court seems interested in limited ruling in civil rights case | The Washington Post
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, […]
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Byron Allen Rips Comcast & Donald Trump’s DOJ For “Institutionalized Racism” As SCOTUS Showdown Looms | Deadline
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 […]
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