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Churchgoers turn their backs on Bloomberg during service at the historic Brown Chapel AME
Michael Bloomberg’s likability among African-American Democratic voters has been hit a crushing blow Sunday, after congregants at the historic Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma turned their backs...
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Amoah leads oil firm to become the first Ghanaian woman to do so
Kadijah Amoah is the first Ghanaian woman ever to lead an oil firm. This follows her appointment as Country Director of Aker Energy Ghana Ltd. The appointment, which took effect on February 1, was part...
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First black woman to be President and CEO of a FedEx company
Ramona Hood’s journey to becoming the first black woman to be President and CEO of a FedEx company began in 1991. Hood was a 19-year-old single mother when she secured an 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. shift as...
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Erika H. James is Wharton School’s first-ever African American and woman dean in its 139-year history
Erika H. James will be the next dean of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Wendell Pritchett announced James’ appointment...
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Somali man who raped and killed 12-yr-old pays 75 camels to escape death
There’s brewing anger among rights groups in Somalia following the release of a man on death row for the rape and murder of a 12-year-old. The release was after he paid 75 camels which women’s...
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Meet Samuel Fuller who went from $25 loan to richest black man in U.S. in the 1950s
Samuel B. Fuller was the definition of black entrepreneurship. Born on June 4, 1905, into abject poverty in Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana to sharecropper parents, Fuller defied all odds and strived...
