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Kimberly Wilson
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Emma Grede Didn’t Think Ami Colé Was ‘Extraordinary Enough’ To Fund. Then She Hired Its Founder To Lead SKIMS Beauty
Emma Grede’s book tour has been making headlines… to say the least. Her latest offense according to the internet? Referring to Ami Colé founder Diarrha…
Black Women Built Food Culture. ‘Black Women in Food’ Is Making Sure They Get Credit, Capital and Community to Match
The food industry has a long history of borrowing from Black culture, often without crediting the Black women behind it. Nina Oduro and Maame Boakye…
This All-Black Orchestra Is Turning Your Favorite 2000s Hip-Hop And R&B Into Classical Music And Selling Out Concert Halls Nationwide
Classical music has a diversity problem and unfortunately, everyone in the industry knows it. The difference is, someone actually decided to do something about it….
Dystany Spurlock Becomes The First Black Woman To Compete In NASCAR’s ARCA Menards Series
If you don’t know Dystany Spurlock yet, you will. On Saturday at Kansas Speedway, Spurlock became the first Black woman to compete in a national…
Howard University Students Turned Fragrance Into Fashion at Eos’ Spring Fest Takeover
Nobody does it like the Mecca (H-U, you know). Howard students have always been known putting on for the culture, and this April, eos handed…
Shay Taylor-Allen Spent 10 Years As A Janitor At Yale New Haven Hospital. Now She’s Returning As A Doctor
Shay Taylor-Allen has known Yale New Haven Hospital in ways most doctors never will. She was born there, spent ten years cleaning it after high…
Three Million People Tried To Get Into Ulta Beauty World. Here’s Why It Matters Beyond The Swag Bags
Beauty has always been serious business. What’s newer is how one event can move an entire city’s economy. Ulta Beauty World, now in its second…
How Otis Redding’s Family Protected His Name, Music, And Money For Decades
“I have magic in this building,” Karla Redding-Andrews, the daughter of Otis Redding, says on a cozy April afternoon in Macon, Ga. Speaking to a…
After 50 Years, A Black Woman Developer Is Reclaiming Land Taken From Her Community
For more than fifty years, a lot in North Portland sat empty after the city seized it from the Black community through eminent domain. Anyeley…
Karen S. Carter To Become The First Black Woman CEO In Dow Inc.’s 126-Year History
In 126 years, Dow has never had a Black woman as its chief executive. That changes on July 1. Karen S. Carter, currently the company’s…