by James Washington | Sep 14, 2016 | Business, Positivity
Savoy Magazine has recently announced its highly-anticipated list of the 2016 Most Influential Black Corporation Directors which will be published in their 352-page summer issue. Among those who made it into the list are Lloyd Trotter and Joseph Anderson, two...
by James Washington | Sep 14, 2016 | Business, Positivity
The JHP Industrial Supply Company, Inc., a company that is black-owned has recently awarded a $100000 investment to a tech start-up company located in Charlotte, NC. JHP, which is a New York-based company, is a wholesale distributor of heating, plumbing and industrial...
by James Washington | Sep 13, 2016 | Culture, Positivity
The Jamaica Chess Federation was presented with a special donation of JM$2 million by the Sports Minister, Olivia Babsy’ Grange. This contribution had been done through the country’s Sports Development Fund aiming towards preparation for the coming Chess...
by James Washington | Sep 13, 2016 | Celebrities, Culture, Modern History, Positivity
Music and poetry will soon overtake the Langston Hughes domicile again. It is important to know that over eight hundred people have donated to help convert Hughes home into an art collection center. On Friday, money and other supports went to the Langston non-profit...
by James Washington | Sep 12, 2016 | Celebrities, Positivity
Dwight David Howard, the world renowned American basketball player, and Atlanta Hawks center is not only concerned about his NBA career but also the well-being of the youth. The award-winning basketball player established The D12 Foundation in 2011, a charitable...
by James Washington | Sep 11, 2016 | Celebrities, HBCU Pulse, Positivity
Common, a famous rapper, activist and rapper, has decided to team up with Allstate as well as the Tom Joyner Foundation. The main reason for this is to raise about $250 000 so as to help students in HBCUs. The entertainer is passionate about helping students who are...
by James Washington | Sep 11, 2016 | Business, Positivity
Gabriel Goodwin is a 9 year old CEO, an elementary entrepreneur who raised $28,000 recently on Kickstater with the assistance of Rozalynn, her mom. The money raised from Kickstart is meant to allow her to make new colors and designs for GaBBY Bow, her hair accessory...
by James Washington | Sep 11, 2016 | Business, Positivity
The police arrested Justin Daugherty when he was just 18 years old. They arrested him for drug related offenses. Daugherty would spend the next 12 years in prison. He was 30 years old when he became a free man once again. Daugherty admits that he committed the crime....
by James Washington | Sep 9, 2016 | Celebrities, Positivity
From the partnership with other celebrities like Tyler Perry, Combs has seen his dream of playing a role in the development of young people in the society come true by opening his own charter school in Harlem, New York, called Capital Preparatory Harlem. “Great...
by Forest Parks | Sep 4, 2016 | Culture, Positivity
From giving popstar Tinie Tempah serious sideglare to becoming a model! An unlikely tale for a bread seller who happened to wander into a photographer’s shot! Nigerian photographer/singer/songwriter Ty Bello was shooting Tinie Tempah in Lagos, one of his shots...