Promote black-owned business, entrepreneurs, and economic success
Raise awareness of and celebrate black culture, art and artists
Support black opportunities to participate in higher education
How Amazon’s Generative AI Is Empowering Black Innovators & Entrepreneurs
For generations, Black innovators and entrepreneurs have driven cultural and economic growth, launching businesses, shaping industries, and influencing trends that define global markets. Yet too...
KC Nonprofit Is Committed To Strengthening Black-Owned Businesses, CEO Says
Kim Davis, president and chief executive of the Heartland Black Chamber of Commerce, has worked within the community to solve a problem that money alone cannot fix. She’s seen many Black-owned...
The New Studio Museum In Harlem Shows That Black Art Matters
An important home for Black art is reopening in New York City this week after being closed for seven years. Hannah Frishberg from member station WNYC has been along to the new museum. Back in 1968,...
Pew Announces A New Head Of Arts And Culture And Millions In Grants For Philly
Leadership and operational changes at the Pew arts center are closely watched in Philadelphia’s arts and culture community since the center, along with the William Penn Foundation, accounts for some...
New Generation Of Black Church Leadership Rising To Continue Battle For Freedom
It was on Nov. 24, 2014, when then-Howard University student Kevin Lamár Peterman first felt a sermon rise from his belly. That was the same day that a grand jury decided not to indict a white...
Celebrating Its First Century, Xavier University Of Louisiana Perseveres As Catholic HBCU
Once a week the Rev. Mitchell J. Stevens, a Baptist minister and the interfaith chaplain at Xavier University of Louisiana, hosts an intimate gathering for students at the New Orleans school’s...
