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The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) today announced a solicitation for applications from prospective candidates to operate six new MBDA Business Centers in Baltimore, Houston, New York City, San Francisco, St. Louis and Washington, D.C. The successful applicants will join a network of more than 30 MBDA Business Centers across the [...]

As a Morehouse, Berkeley and Harvard-educated man, a world of opportunities has been available to Nathan Bennett Fleming. Instead of starting his career by working on Wall Street or for some prestigious law firm, Fleming and five other partners decided to take a different path. They are the co-founders of BlackStartup.com, which is a crowdfunding platform for [...]

Procter & Gamble’s (P&G) award-winning African-American consumer campaign My Black is Beautiful (MBIB) brought its message to the masses through film with the premiere of the Imagine a Future documentary in association with Tribeca Film Institute recently in New York City. In partnership with UNCF and BLACK GIRLS ROCK!, MBIB hosted an intimate screening of [...]

In an unprecedented move, Ohio swore in its first African-American County Treasurer. Mark A. Parks Jr. took the oath of office from Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald before a group of 11 council members and community supporters. “Mark continually demonstrates his value to county government with his wide ranging experience and effective management in a [...]

Sodexo hosted its 10th annual Diversity Business Leadership Summit (DBLS) at Northwestern University, bringing together area business leaders, Sodexo employees, clients and guests for a day-long conference dedicated to gaining new perspectives and greater understanding of the strategic business value of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Research indicates that more diverse organizations are enjoying [...]

Music mogul, Russell Simmons first made his debut with Def Jam Records, he then launched his clothing line Phat Farm. Now, Russell Simmons is presenting his latest venture in the advertising world. Simmons recently launched Narrative, a digital marketing, entertainment and technology company, with his longtime business partner Tricia Clarke-Stone. While many might label this [...]

The Dockers brand announced that Adrienne Lofton Shaw will join the company as vice president and chief marketing officer. In this role, she will be responsible for creating and leading the Dockers® brand strategy and overseeing Dockers® global marketing efforts. Mrs.Lofton Shaw will report to Seth Ellison, executive vice president and president of the Dockers® [...]

Golden Globe Award-winning actor Idris Elba takes on the lead role in “Only the Name Remains,” a dramatic, spy-themed advertising campaign for the 2013 Toyota Avalon.  The highly-anticipated campaign– and first-ever TV commercial for Elba – was created in collaboration with Burrell Communications and premiered on Monday, April 1 across broadcast, digital and print platforms. Directed by award-winning [...]

Hair care technology company, Techturized, was elected the winner of the 2013 Blacks in Technology Business (BiT) Pitch Competition at SXSW Interactive in Austin, TX. Three of the four co-founders of the company, Candace Mitchell, 25; Jess Watson, 22; and Chanel Martin, 28, eloquently pitched their business and described their target to the panel: African-American [...]

Salary Guides Reveal Tech and Creative Positions With Growing Starting Salaries Technology and creative professionals who include “make more money” on their New Year’s resolution list may achieve their goal next year: According to the recently released 2013 Salary Guides from Robert Half Technology and The Creative Group, a number of positions in the information technology (IT) and [...]