Ciara and Dejon Turner, shake up the tech world by infusing mobile gaming with positive characters of color. The Doll House Family app arrived late June on both Google Play and the Apple App Store. In the digital space, where only 3% of the industry includes Black developers, BBCorpWorld LLP changes the [...]

In January 2017, April Ross stepped unto her very first news scene as a digital reporter. She started out her journalism career using a cell phone and Facebook Live. April was a student majoring in communications when she began interning at WJCN. After graduating in 2001, she began working as [...]

Body Complete RX began as just a goal to lose weight. But eventually grew to much more. It is now a successful vitamin company. Samia Gore, of Detroit, is the first Black woman to have a line in The Vitamin Shoppe in the store's weight loss category. She launched her TRIM line, which includes plant-based [...]

Growing up in Philadelphia, Trey Brown knew at a young age that violence was consuming his city. It's easy to turn to crime when the options are few. He also knew that he didn't want himself or any of his friends going down that route. Young Trey was able to [...]

Chicago natives Kim and Tim Lewis started CurlMix six years ago. Initially it was a subscription box service for people with curly hair. But after two years of stagnant sales, the couple went back to the drawing board. They hired advisors, and revamped their business model. In order to improve [...]

I have to admit, I thoroughly enjoyed researching this story. I've always heard stories about the slave that actually taught Jack Daniel about whiskey, but I never thought to learn more. And yes, I am referring to THAT Jack Daniel. The man in question was Nearest Green, a Tennessee slave. [...]