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Early last year, the NAACP, in conjunction with Washington, D.C.-based law firm Mehri & Skalet, issued a sounding cry about the advertising industry: African Americans were grossly underrepresented. Sixteen percent of large advertising firms had no black managers or professionals, a rate 60% higher than in the overall labor market.
Mitchelville Freedom Park's Juneteenth sleepover invited a diverse group to immerse themselves in the nation's first self-governing town of formerly enslaved people.
Calling it "one-of-a-kind," the Franchise Accelerator Fellowship by Yum! Brands could bring more ownership opportunities for women and minorities.
Civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton announced on Thursday plans to launch a Sunday morning syndicated television show called “Education Superhighway.†The 30-minute program will feature reports from around the country and a roundtable discussion between people who will offer diverse, and sometimes event divergent, points of view. The whole point, Sharpton said, is to get educators, parents and students talking and engaged in what some experts have called the biggest civil rights issue of the day.
Originally published on BlackNews.com. Jonathan Browne, the founder and CEO of Project Casting, has announced a massive casting search focused on helping Black actors in Los Angeles connect with more opportunities...
