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October 9, 2023
Tammy Black has a mission to get Detroiters trained in solar power installation. She bought a house last September from the Detroit Land Bank Authority and set out to renovate it into a solar power training house through her nonprofit. And many …
More than 200 portrait banners now line Blue Hill Avenue in Roxbury. Their faces tell the story of Black female leaders in Boston. "People understand and talk about Irish Boston, Italian Boston, with the Cabots, and the Lowells, and the Lodges but ...
It's National Book Month -- a month-long celebration that focuses on the importance of reading, writing, and literature. October 1st through October 31st is a time to honor the country’s best books and authors. Oftentimes, when it comes to highlighting ...
Nobel laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Toni Morrison speaks about her life and her work. The evening includes readings from Ms. Morrison's most recent novel, A Mercy, and her forthcoming novel. Courtesy George Washington University.
An annual convention that seeks to tackle Massachusetts’ wide racial wealth gap kicked off Friday. The three-day Mass. Black Expo at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center brings together hundreds of Black entrepreneurs, business ...
A Philly guy by way of Florida is stepping up to lead a local large player in cannabis, as the industry works to make its ownership and executive leadership more diverse. Gibran Washington, 39, has been named the new CEO of Ethos, a vertically ...
In a transformative move to bolster economic opportunities for Black entrepreneurs, the Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs (RICE) proudly announces an $800,000 grant from Walmart, facilitated by the Walmart Center for Racial Equity ...
To help you seek them out, we’ve compiled this collection of Black social media all-stars from various industries with authentic advice and perspectives worth following. Behind their accomplished exteriors are past tribulations and trials that gave …
California students are being given financial assistance to attend historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Earlier in October 2023, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1400, which provides a one-time grant of up to $5,000 …
Christian Collins, a researcher at CLASP and co-author of the report, said although the national conversation on student parents has rightly been focused on mothers, “at the same time, our findings show that student fathers, and specifically Black …
Misty Copeland has her hands (and feet!) in many different projects simultaneously, but all are motivated by her passion to use her platform to promote diversity in all the spaces she inhabits. The first Black woman to be promoted to principal dancer ...
