Business

The Trillion Dollar African American Consumer Market: Economic Empowerment or Economic Dependency?
Sometime in 2013, the African American consumer market exceeded the trillion dollar mark for the first time. To put this...
November 26th, 2014

Russell Carrington Wilson (1988- )
On February 2, 2014, 26-year-old Russell Carrington Wilson led the Seattle Seahawks football team to a Superbowl Championship over the...
April 17th, 2014

Larry Steele’s Smart Affairs (1946-1971)
Larry Steele’s touring production review, Smart Affairs, was the largest black entertainment touring group in the United States from the...
March 5th, 2014

Bruce’s Beach, Manhattan Beach, California (1920- )
A small beach resort community in the city of Manhattan Beach, California, Bruce’s Beach was once owned by and operated...
February 18th, 2014

Hal Jackson (1915-2012 )
Image Ownership: BeeCeePhoto (CC BY-SA 4.0) Harold “Hal” Jackson, legendary broadcaster, radio station owner, and philanthropist was born November 3,...
November 29th, 2012

Mahlon Martin (1945-1995)
Mahlon Martin, the first African American president of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, was born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1945....
June 21st, 2011

George Ellis Johnson Sr. (1927- )
George Ellis Johnson, Sr. was an African American entrepreneur and founder of Johnson Products Company, a hair care firm, and...
March 15th, 2011

C.R. Patterson & Sons Company (1893-1939)
The C.R. Patterson & Sons Company was a carriage building firm, and the first African American-owned automobile manufacturer. The company...
October 26th, 2010

A. G. Gaston (1892-1996)
Arthur George Gaston, wealthy businessman and civil rights activist, was born on July 4, 1892 in Demopolis, Alabama to Tom...
June 21st, 2009