For many Americans who don’t have a college degree, employment opportunities in retail allowed them to join a company on the ground level and enhance
Executive Director, True Star Foundation Despite Deanna McLeary’s corporate background, she’s always wanted to shape the lives and futures of minority teens in Chicago. To
As the global economy continues to contract, designers, retailers and top fashion brands are certainly feeling the pinch as well. At the biannual Magic Fashion
As a brand, State Farm understands the importance of connecting with the African American community. The company’s popular commercial with LeBron James—where a friend of
Barack Obama has made history as the first African-American president of the United States. For millions of voting and non-voting blacks too, the reality of
WASHINGTON – Harvard Law School Professor Charles Ogletree can be called many things. The fact that Ogletree, an African American, taught both Barack and Michelle
Hamilton Brown, brand manager of TAG, is busy. He’s on the set of Ludacris’ Tag photo shoot in Atlanta, and things are running smoothly. As
Within two decades of pouring his heart and soul onto a canvass, Charleston, SC-born mixed-media visual artist Leroy Campbell has captured the trials, tribulations, struggles
Make no mistake — Gregory Evans is the “World’s No. 1 Hacker.” And while the title may be self-proclaimed, you’d still be hard pressed to
Many people would consider President Barack Obama to be a master orator, but how should such a person’s power be judged? As one of the
The National Medical Association praised President Barack Obama’s appointee for Surgeon General, Dr. Regina Benjamin. At the NMA 2009 Convention and Scientific Assembly in Las
WASHINGTON – The Congressional Black Caucus [CBC] invited U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and other notables to the U.S. Capitol to urge Congress to change
Michelle Obama continues to exhibit poise, style and leadership. Her dedication to education, community service, health care and family has offered inspiration to people
In an address before the American Medical Association in Chicago, President Barack Obama made the case for his plan to reform the nation’s health care
While political experts and medical pundits argued that President Obama might be met with a less than favorable reception at a gathering of the American
The world is buzzing about First Lady Michelle Obama who looked feminine and glamorous in her day and evening inauguration wear. During the swearing-in ceremony
Desiree Rogers’ appointment as the first African American White House social secretary is quite an achievement, but Rogers has a long and remarkable history of,
When Yale University professor Elizabeth Alexander was anointed with the responsibility to draft and read a poem at President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration on Jan. 20,
Chicago – In what turned out to be pledge of innocence, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich spoke for the first time since federal corruption charges were
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