Derek Major, Author at Black Enterprise

Black Lives Matter Organization Expands Survival Fund As Government Drags Feet On Coronavirus Relief

Derek MajorFebruary 26, 2021February 26, 2021

by Derek MajorFebruary 26, 2021February 26, 2021558

The Black Lives Matter (BLM) Foundation is expanding a $3 million financial relief fund it launched to help those impacted by the coronavirus pandemic...

Business

Natalie Madeira Cofield Appointed Assistant Administrator of U.S. Small Business Administration

Derek MajorFebruary 26, 2021February 26, 2021

by Derek MajorFebruary 26, 2021February 26, 2021373

Natalie Madeira Cofield has been appointed to serve as the assistant administrator for the Office of Women's Business Ownership...

Black Lives Matter News Politics

Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill To Make Juneteenth National Holiday

Derek MajorFebruary 26, 2021February 26, 2021

by Derek MajorFebruary 26, 2021February 26, 2021898

Four lawmakers have reintroduced the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, which would make Juneteenth a national holiday....

Black Lives Matter Fashion & Beauty

Foot Locker Presents ‘The Sole List’ Class of 2021, A List Of Black Innovators Driving Sneaker Culture

Derek MajorFebruary 26, 2021February 25, 2021

by Derek MajorFebruary 26, 2021February 25, 2021175

Foot Locker is celebrating Black History Month with its inaugural "Sole List" honoring the next generation of Black innovators shaping sneaker culture...

Education Technology

Morgan State University Opens First HBCU FinTech Center

Derek MajorFebruary 25, 2021February 26, 2021

by Derek MajorFebruary 25, 2021February 26, 20212094

Morgan State University's Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management has announced the opening of its FinTech Center....

Business Leadership Women

Thasunda Brown Duckett Appointed As TIAA President and CEO

Derek MajorFebruary 25, 2021February 25, 2021

by Derek MajorFebruary 25, 2021February 25, 20214499

Thasunda Brown Duckett will join TIAA, a Fortune 100 financial services organization, as its president and CEO from JPMorgan Chase...

Politics Sports

Current and Former Athletes Endorse Ray McGuire For NYC Mayor

Derek MajorFebruary 25, 2021February 25, 2021

by Derek MajorFebruary 25, 2021February 25, 2021402

Sports For Ray, a coalition of former and current athletes, team owners, nonprofit leaders and others are endorsing Ray McGuire for New York City Mayor....

Politics

DOJ Pursuing $61,000 Fine Against Former Trump Staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman

Derek MajorFebruary 25, 2021February 25, 2021

by Derek MajorFebruary 25, 2021February 25, 20218591

The Biden administration is continuing a two-year fight to get Trump aide Omarosa Manigault Newman to pay more than $60,000 after her firing in 2017...

Education Sports

Baseball Returns to Xavier University of Louisiana for First Time Since 1960

Derek MajorFebruary 24, 2021February 24, 2021

by Derek MajorFebruary 24, 2021February 24, 20211091

The Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) played its first baseball game in 61 years after its baseball program was revived in 2019....

News

Coca-Cola Diversity Training Program Tells Employees To ‘Be Less White’

Derek MajorFebruary 24, 2021February 24, 2021

by Derek MajorFebruary 24, 2021February 24, 202110563

Coca-Cola is facing backlash for promoting an online anti-racism training seminar that urges employees "to be less white."...