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Olive Garden Manager Fired For Honoring Customer’s Non-black Server Request
The customer is always right—unless, of course, it involves an alleged racist demand. An Indiana Olive Garden manager, who complied with a customer’s request to not be served by a black employee, has...
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Caribbean’s First Peer-to-Peer Car Rental Service Led by Black Women Launches
The Caribbean’s first peer-to-peer car rental platform, Rent Yuh Ride (RYR), launched recently in Kingston, Jamaica—and it was created by a team of black women. Peer-to-peer car sharing is a form of...
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Lin-Manuel Miranda Charity Pledges $1 Million To Theater Scholarships For...
There is definitely plenty of Hamiltons to distribute to this cause. Broadway sensation Lin-Manuel Miranda has committed $1 million to provide scholarships for the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s...
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New York Knicks’ Attendance Hits Bottom After Spike Lee Incident
Karma, at least for last night, was real. After being involved in a messy disagreement with their biggest and most celebrated fan, Spike Lee, the New York Knicks experienced its lowest basketball...
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Meet The British Woman Creating Waterproof Scarves For Black Swimmers
According to the USA Swimming Foundation, roughly 64% of black children have little to no swimming ability. While this statistic reinforces stereotypes about black people and swimming, there are...
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West Philadelphia Barbershop Offers Free Health Screenings For Black Men
It is no secret that high blood pressure is a big problem in the black community. African American inner-city residents are five times more likely to experience what is known as “extreme high blood...
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Meet The Father-and-Son Duo Who Earned $1 Million Through Real Estate
There is nothing more powerful than owning land in the United States. Because of this, the real estate industry has become an extremely lucrative business. For Osei Rubie, it means earning the chance...
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Misty Copeland Addresses Ballerinas in Blackface at the Women of Power Summit
Misty Copeland didn’t hesitate to address the discrimination that dancers of color face in the world of ballet during a fireside chat at the BLACK ENTERPRISE Women of Power Summit on Friday. The...
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Working While Black: Winning Against Microaggression On The Job
Microaggression, brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative prejudicial...
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Jay-Z Owned Tidal Now Offering 20% Discounts to Come Back
Tidal is living up to its name, but not in the way it hoped. A tidal wave of U.S. subscribers left Jay-Z’s music streaming service in 2018 and he returned to Spotify at the end of 2019. Now Tidal is...
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Tennis Exec Katrina Adams Has Learned to Enjoy the Battle
Featuring a broad cross-section of women who have distinguished themselves across a rich variety of careers, our Portraits of Power series is a celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Black Enterprise,...
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This 11-Year-Old Autistic Boy Launched His Own Lemonade Brand
Aubrie Greene, an 11-year-old boy living with autism in Richmond, Virginia, asked his mother, Ceydria McCray, for a lemon squeezer that was on sale at Bed, Bath & Beyond. He wanted it so he could...
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Kendrick Lamar Launches Creative Company pgLang
The creative empire of rapper Kendrick Lamar is steadily building. The seminal lyricist just announced a new creative company, PgLang, according to Complex. Lamar, in one of his first tweets this...
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Stephen Curry and Actress Storm Reid Team Up with Under Armour to Uplift the...
Basketball superstar Stephen Curry and actress Storm Reid (HBO‘s Euphoria) are collaborating with athletic apparel company Under Armour on the International Women’s Day Curry 7 Colorway. Curry’s...
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Comedian B. Simone Wants To Earn $1 Million In 50 Days
We love black entrepreneurs who set high, achievable goals for themselves. Stand-up comedian and Wild N’ Out cast member, B. Simone prides herself on understanding the value of creating multiple...
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Women To The Front Music Hub Launches, Celebrates Women’s Musical...
uDiscover Music, which showcases and focuses on the music catalogs owned by Universal Music Group, has created an exclusive website featuring female artists across the UMe brand. Women To The Front,...
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Jay-Z And Kevin Hart To Invest In Hungry’s $20 Million Series B
Billionaire rapper and businessman Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and actor, comedian, and businessman Kevin Hart, are becoming megastars in the world of investment as well. The two stars have placed some of...
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This Milwaukee Business Incubator Is Bringing Black Woman Entrepreneurs Together
It is an interesting time to be a black entrepreneur living in the United States right now. With so many aspiring and established entrepreneurs moving to cities with more opportunities, some are...
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How One Beauty Entrepreneur Made $2 Million in Two Years
Jerricha Hoskins was a young girl in foster care when she first dreamed about creating her business. Her mother left her in foster care when she was 15 years old. By 18, she was homeless and a single...
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Michael Bloomberg Donates $2 Million For Black Voter Outreach
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg may have dropped out the 2020 Presidential race but that doesn’t mean his campaign has stopped its efforts to reach black voters, according to The...
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