Business - Rolling Out

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Finance and Wealth

U.S. Bank provides $450K to Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders

COO Darnell ‘Shep’ Shepherd discusses building the Honor Roll Clothing brand

Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders

Chris Duncan is the marketing mastermind behind Honor Roll Clothing

Business

Beatrice Dixon, Necole Kane and Dawn Dickson-Akpoghene celebrate Black women

Videos

Necole Kane discusses her company xoNecole, Seagram’s Escapes and more

Nickie Robinson details her journey with GoodgirlPR and gives business tips

Monique ‘Dr. Mo’ Aguirre shares the story behind Resilient Counseling

Patrick C. Graham returns to the AM Wake-Up Call

Briahna Gatlin explains the importance of mentorship for business owners

Restaurateurs Andre and Suheir Williams bless Chicagoans with fire meals

Abdul M. Omari stops by for Winning Wednesdays

Michael Nelms shares the story behind Keep Trucking Transportation

Dee Marshall shares encouraging words on AM Wake-Up Call

Jaqueszian Dukes shares how she overcame challenges to run thriving businesses

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Sisters with Superpowers

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Text expert Devshi Mehrotra is focused on fair criminal justice outcomes

Wealth builder Melanie Akwule shares 3 skills necessary for professional growth

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Tech CEO Dawn Dickson-Akpoghene raised over $1M to start her company, PopCom

The Honey Pot CEO Beatrice Dixon shares practical steps on building a brand

Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders

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COO Darnell ‘Shep’ Shepherd discusses building the Honor Roll Clothing brand

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Chris Duncan is the marketing mastermind behind Honor Roll Clothing

Melanie Bowers (left) and Jacqueline Lee
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Millennial mompreneurs take over historic event space near downtown Detroit

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PR maven Helen Shelton is the new chief diversity officer at FINN Partners

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Rashad Richey (Photo credit: Kevin Pride)

Rashad Richey appointed president of ‘rolling out’

Andy Hinton of #NotMe discusses misconduct accountability in corporate America

Netflix taps Bozoma Saint John as new chief marketing officer

Zoom hires Damien Hooper-Campbell as its 1st chief diversity officer

United Airlines appoints 1st Black president, Brett J. Hart

Female Success Factor

Kristina Williams, CEO, Unpacking (Photo provided)

Social justice heroine Kristina Williams determined to ‘spread radical joy’

McDonald’s owner Joni Davis shares why willpower helps her achieve inner peace

CEO Keni Dominguez shares how her ‘people first’ credo creates racial equality

Career coach Cynthia Pong shows introverts how to cultivate success from within

Radio host Jeri Bingham goes to bat for introverts

Finance & Wealth

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U.S. Bank provides $450K to Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs

Killer Mike’s Greenwood banking platform secures over $40M in funding

Master P launching BossUp Bank for people who can’t get bank accounts

Jennifer Hudson and Mastercard partner to help Black female entrepreneurs

LifePlan Financial Advisors’ Sibyl Slade makes Black history in business arena

Science & Technology

Black Intellectuals

Kenneth Kelly, Auburn alumnus, commencement keynote speaker and bank leader delivers an impactful speech titled Flight from the Nest to the captive audience of spring 2021 graduates. Photo Credit: Auburn Photographic Services)

Bank CEO, Auburn alumnus Kenneth Kelly delivers spring 2021 commencement speech

Congressman Bobby Rush at Beyond Woke (Photo credit: Eddy "Precise" Lamarre)

Ex-Black Panther Rep. Bobby Rush demands FBI files on Fred Hampton be released

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Black and brilliant: Dorothy Jean Tillman secures a master’s degree at 14

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Kevin Powell, Isaac Hayes III discuss race in America, politics in the Trump era

Careers & Diversity

Marketing & Branding

AT&T’s Jalayna Bolden secured $3.1B for Black businesses during the pandemic

Pod Digital Media founder Gary Coichy making big moves with Angela Yee

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Burrell Communications’ Lewis Williams explains the creation of Jason Hargrove PSA

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How social media reformer Lenée Voss uses honesty as her ammunition

Innovators & Product Designers

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Celebrity stylist Le’Ana Alexander creates luxe holster for hair pros on the go

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Chantel Powell offers relief for smelly kids with Play Pits

BoxBugz CEO Rickeno Bullard (Photo provided by Rickeno Bullard)

Toy company CEO Rickeno Bullard shares tips on manufacturing

Sylvia Sampleton (Photo Credit: Sylvia Sampleton)

Sylvia Sampleton invents an interactive math game to help students

MBA

National Black MBA Association relocates to Atlanta

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National Black MBA Association addresses Atlanta’s biggest issues

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Model and graduate student Erin Leigh talks role models, acting and what success looks like

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Chicago leader DeAnna McLeary-Sherman needs your vote to make a difference in teens’ lives