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If you’re planning a trip to Louisiana this year, there’s a special gem that you won’t want to miss as you make your way through the Pelican State. Known as the Northeast Louisiana Delta African American Heritage Museum, the destination opened its doors in 1994 and has been preserving and promoting African American heritage ever since.
Whether you’re relocating to another state or moving into your dream home, you should be aware of moving scams. I should know; I’ve experienced my own moving mishap. When I was preparing to move into a new place not long after graduating from college, I blindly picked movers out of a phone book. Big mistake. I was hit with hidden fees on the day of the move. I was moving to a walk-up apartment building, so when I spoke to the moving company over the phone they mentioned an additional fee of $50 per flight. But once we got to my new digs, one mover said flatly, “You know we charge $100 per flight, right?†He claimed the prices recently changed. I was very young and very naïve--and much too shocked to protest-- so I ran to the nearest ATM. My final price was $400 more than the original estimate. They held my personal belongings hostage until I came back with the cash.
Winston McDonald says he never really saw himself as a corporate man, even though that was where his career path veered. “Everyone in college talked about working 20 or 25 years for a company, but in the back of my mind I knew I wanted to do something different,†recalls McDonald, the owner of Best Warehousing and Transportation Center Inc., or BWT (www.bestwtc.com; 404-344-1121). BWT’s revenues hit $925,000 last year and are projected to reach $2 million for 2009, partly because of increased opportunities stemming from the company’s certification as a minority business enterprise or MBE, and from the more than $1 million worth of contracts currently under negotiation.
Social networking sites such as Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter have allowed people to share their lives in a manner that has never been possible before. Facebook alone has more than 200 million members, and with hundreds of thousands of people signing on and joining these sites every day the whole world is literally just a friendship request away.
No one can dispute that African Americans represent an influential demographic that drives style and consumer trends. In fact, the buying power of African Americans is projected to grow to...
