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Technology Wunderkind Seeks to Close the Racial Wealth Gap

Technology Wunderkind Seeks to Close the Racial Wealth Gap

Women, and black women, in particular, have an uphill battle for funding no matter how innovative and successful they are, especially when proving black women-led Tech startups can secure substantial financing. Angel Rich helped generate more than $6 billion for her former employer, Prudential, as 

Black-Owned Major Film Studio

Question:  What is the name of a major film studio (production and film distribution) that has majority African-American/black ownership. Wikipedia defines major film studio is a production and film distributor  that releases a substantial number of films annually and consistently commands a significant share of box office  

12-year-old Activist Lands Book Publishing Deal

Tired of the school’s reading list filled with white boy and dog protagonists, Marley Dias kicked off her hashtag, #1000BlackGirlBooks, last January, featuring Black girls as their stories’ stars.    She achieved her goal of collecting and donating books with black girls as the protagonist. Today 

Commonplace Books of Sci-Fi Novelist Octavia E. Butler

Visionary Octavia E. Butler penned her success before she sold her first book. See how.