by October Gallery
Here is a surprising statistic: Over 80% of small business owners have never visited their local U.S. Small Business Administration office. The finding was revealed as part of a random…
Woman of Power and former ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice will join the board of Netflix, the company announced. “I am thrilled to be joining the board of…
Malachi Jones, the 17-year-old wunderkind who is heading to Columbia University this fall, has been awarded a Gold Medal Portfolio, the highest honor of the 2018 Scholastic Art & Writing…
AMBER SCOTT Recognizing the power of education to lift families out of poverty, she founded Leap Year, an Atlanta-based nonprofit with the mission of helping low-income and first-generation college students…
The Omnicom Group Inc., a global marketing and corporate communications holding company said it has appointed Ronnie Hawkins as an independent director, effective immediately. “It is a pleasure to welcome…
Much has been written about 2018 being the year of the woman. Excuse us if we don’t get too excited. The extraordinary accomplishments of black women aren’t new. We didn’t…
It’s likely that U.S. entrepreneurs—including black small business owners—are now trying to figure out how the $1.5 trillion Tax Cuts and Job Act will affect them and their businesses. The…
Last week, we hosted the inaugural BE SMART HBCU Academy: Tech Prep presented by Toyota at Morehouse College in Atlanta. Thirty-seven students from 12 historically black colleges and universities gathered…
On Saturday, hundreds of thousands of people from across the country flooded the streets of Washington, D.C., to take part in the March for Our Lives, a student-led rally demanding…
Veteran actress Kim Fields has been working in the entertainment industry since she booked her first gig, a Mrs. Butterworth’s commercial, when she was 8. So she knows a thing…