Day Runner Inc. and BLKTECHCLT Are Cultivating Entrepreneurship in Charlotte
We said it once before and we’re saying it again. Marvin Walker, founder and CEO of Day Runner Inc. is on a mission to support black businesses and entrepreneurs in…
‘BE THE CODE’ PODCAST: He’s Empowering Children through Play
“BE The Code” is Black Enterprise’s new podcast spotlighting the most influential and innovative blacks in technology, from celebrities to financiers, and how they are reshaping the industry with their…
The Re-segregated South: K-12 Integration Is Losing Ground
A few months ago, I attended a book signing at which the authors of the book, The Guide for White Women Who Teach Black Boys, spoke to an audience of…
Most Black Parents Begin Saving for College Before Their Child Is 10 Years Old
Saving for college is kind of like dieting—it’s something you should do, but it’s oh, so hard. Like many difficult tasks, saving for college may be best done with the…
Black Tech Podcast, BE The Code, Episode 1: Roshell Rinkins
“BE The Code” is Black Enterprise’s new podcast spotlighting the most influential and innovative blacks in technology, from celebrities to financiers, and how they are reshaping the industry with their…
Black Starbucks Exec Says ‘Watching That Video Was Quite Painful’
In midst of the national outcry over the two African American men who were arrested for sitting in a Philadelphia Starbucks last Thursday, Rosalind “Roz” Brewer, the company’s chief operating…
60 Black-Owned Alternatives to Starbucks
(iStock/DragonImages) The incident of two black men recently arrested for doing just what about anyone at one time or another has done at Starbuck’s—sit and wait to meet an acquaintance—resulted…
Some Community Colleges Offer Bachelor’s Degrees
Did you know that some community colleges offer bachelor’s degrees? According to the Hechinger Report, as of 2015, 23 states allow community colleges to develop programs that lead to the…
The Executive Leadership Council 2018 National Business Case Competition
The Executive Leadership Council, the pre-eminent organization committed to increasing black executive leadership worldwide, held its annual National Business Case Competition, sponsored by Exxon Mobil Corp., and announced the winners.…
Leslie Hale Latest Black Woman CEO of $ 1.2 Billion Company
Leslie Hale will join a very small club in August when she becomes the chief executive officer of RLJ Lodging Trust. Hale has been serving as the company’s No. 2…