How to maximize your talents, money in an economic crunch
The great thing about the business cycle is that downturns don’t last forever. We’ve seen…
Despite years of effort, minority-owned businesses are still drastically underrepresented in the U.S. economy.
The founder of one of America's largest black business empires used his wealth and power to raise the social and economic status of African Americans
John H. Johnson controlled one of the nation’s largest black business empires and used his…
John Rogers’ slow and steady strategy has enriched millions of African Americans
As Atlanta's first black mayor, he helped develop a bevy of B.E.100s companies and created more black millionaires that any other public figure.
In 1973 Maynard Jackson emerged on the scene when he was elected the firstblack mayor…
America's first woman president of a financial institution founded one of the nation's oldest surviving black-owned banks
Walker became the country’s first woman president of a financial institution and founded one of…
By focusing on her message and expanding empire, she proved long ago that Harpo Inc. is about more than just talk
For the past 15 years, Oprah Winfrey repeatedly told her team that production of her…
How an unknown coal miner from Birmingham, Alabama, became the 20th century’s preeminent entreprenuer.
Customers to have a larger banking network
After announcing its buyout this week of cross-town bank United Bank and Trust Co., Alden…
Johnson Publishing Co. employees told to reapply for jobs
Even before the stock markets began to crash in September, revenue from advertising, circulation, and…
