This year, Lisa Johnson, owner and founder of Mathtopian Preparation, Inc., was selected along with 44 others for the 2021 Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses national program. Launched in 2009, the program provides business education, support services and pathways to capital for growth-oriented entrepreneurs. A teacher by trade, Lisa taught at several independent schools in Los Angeles...
Julius Faison, a 12-year-old African American boy from New York City, enjoys reading adventurous books so much that he has written his own book about a Black superhero. When the pandemic struck and he transitioned to virtual learning, he and his mom began working on creative storytelling to further develop writing skills. One story led...
Chelsea Elliott, founder of Somocom Lab and Macro Social Worker, has developed an interactive social-emotional learning kids’ card game called the EQ Kids Crew. The card game employs an innovative, fun approach to helping children understand their emotions and developing healthy coping techniques. Chelsea, a proud mother of two, has triumphed through her fair share of...
Donna Heath-Gonzalez is a native of Jamaica who immigrated to the U.S. and became an entrepreneur during the 2008 recession. She exited her career in the finance industry to pursue her passion when she opened BABSHair & Beauty™, which now consists of two thriving brick-and-mortar beauty supply stores in the state of Pennsylvania, and an online...
Taraji P. Henson is showing support for black businesses this holiday season. Her scalp-first haircare brand, TPH BY TARAJI, has partnered with 6 black-founded companies to launch a new Buy Black Gift Guide on Instagram. If you’re looking for unique products for any occasion check out the complete list of brands on her Instagram page @tphbytaraji....
Live Natural, formally Alpha RX Plus, the Black-owned herbal products company providing solutions that keep harmony in the bedroom since 2012 has enhanced the efficacy of their long-time product Alpha RX Plus for men needing to overcome Erectile Dysfunction. JR Scroggins and his family launched the company in 2011 and begin marketing and selling their...
The new Jody Watley Dance/Remix EP has arrived, just in time for the holidays, and a ‘must-have’ in your playlist! Watley recently dropped a special collection of Alex Di Ciò Dance/Club remixes to the surprise of her fans under the umbrella of her very own Avitone Recordings label imprint. Alex Di Ciò is a world-renowned...
The Boukman Institute is a public education and development organization set up to establish social institutions and galvanize a new conversation on the human rights of African Americans, with an emphasis on non-territorial autonomy (NTA) and its application to the African American situation. Robert L. Hollis is President, Chief Executive Officer, and historian at the Boukman...
Alice and Alicia Crowe are identical twin lawyers turned sauce-entrepreneurs who are now working on a different type of case, bottling and selling Emmaline’s All-Natural Hot Sauce, a family-owned line of hot sauce that is three generations old and is made from their grandmother’s original recipe. As proud graduates of Howard University School of Law, the...
Meet Keisha Spivey, the founder, and CEO of SB Market, Inc. who has created a specialty marketplace called ShoptheBlackFoodMarket.com – the fastest growing online platform to sell and promote Black-owned food brands. The African American community has enormous purchasing power. The University of Georgia reported on August 11, 2021, that the spending power of African Americans has...