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Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders

14 Parish Restaurant & Rhum Bar brings Caribbean food to Chicago’s South Side

Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders

Shaquille O’Neal forms $10 million COVID recovery program for Black businesses

Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders

Serial entrepreneur Chance Cessna shares how to level up during a pandemic

Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders

Join rolling out Sept. 12 at 8 pm EST ‘Innovation and Brand Evolution’ Awards

Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders

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14 Parish Restaurant & Rhum Bar brings Caribbean food to Chicago’s South Side

Shaquille O'Neal (Photo credit: Splash news)

Shaquille O’Neal forms $10 million COVID recovery program for Black businesses

Chance Cessna (Photo credit: CHB Photo)

Serial entrepreneur Chance Cessna shares how to level up during a pandemic

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Join rolling out Sept. 12 at 8 pm EST ‘Innovation and Brand Evolution’ Awards

Executive Suite

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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

General Motors plant director Marcos Purty uses his global experiences to lead

Female Success Factor

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Oprah Winfrey joins forces with Apple to launch new book club podcast

Serial entrepreneur Tere Tatiana shares her old-school philosophy for success

Beauty queen Chandra Branch is using her platform to promote art accessibility

Brandi Harvey empowering Black women with wellness brand Beyond Her

Crystal Khalil unites women of color globally with International Slumber Party

Finance & Wealth

U.S. Bank outlines details of $15 million Rebuild and Transform Fund

The UP Community Fund offers access to capital for minority-owned businesses

Comerica Bank partners with minority depository institutions

Invest Atlanta CEO Eloisa Klementich rolls out grants to help small businesses

Videos

A Seat at the Table with David Sharp and Tawruss Sellers, UP Community Fund

A Seat at the Table with Gabby Jones, RCAI/SONY music executive 7/27/20

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Pinky Cole opens 2nd Slutty Vegan restaurant in metro Atlanta

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Ebbie Parsons III connects the dots for Black economic empowerment

How The Wave, a new Black tech firm, is supporting African American businesses

AALC president Tyrone Terrill explains why there is an income gap for Blacks

James Harris tells Munson Steed how grocery chain H-E-B helps small businesses

McDonald’s owner Anthony Greenwood Jr. proud of partnership with the community

Muriel Powell is McDonald’s ‘Best of a Generation’ community partner

K. Michelle and Shema Fulton share why being in business together works for them

Science & Technology

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Facebook announces major Africa investment

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HBCU graduate Justin Shaifer creates cartoon to excite students about STEM

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T-Mobile apologizes for 12-hour outage

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WhatsApp introducing coronavirus fact-checking chatbot

Black Intellectuals

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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 talk race in America, politics in the Trump era

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3 doctors join forces to change the stereotype of today’s Black man

Dr. Joe Johnson

Dr. Joe Johnson is an expert on pursuing one’s purpose

Careers & Diversity

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

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New Peacock streaming service focuses on diversity in programming

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How being Black and gay in corporate America shaped General Motors’ Sabin Blake

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Ben & Jerry’s Jabari Paul details how companies can put action behind activism

Marketing & Branding

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

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How social media reformer Lenée Voss uses honesty as her ammunition

Donna Doleman Dickerson of GreenPath Financial Wellness (Photo credit: Cybelle Codish)

Donna Doleman Dickerson of GreenPath shares money tips during financial crisis

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Robin Beaman gives insight on how companies win with diversity

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

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Sylvia Sampleton invents an interactive math game to help students

MBA

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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