1+ week, 1+ day ago   (871+ words) Harvard's $53 billion endowment wasn't built by brilliant academics alone. It was built on the backs of enslaved Black people who cleared the land, cooked the meals, and generated the wealth that turned a small colonial college into a global powerhouse....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (444+ words) After human remains were discovered during construction in 2011, community leaders are again pressing the city to protect the historic site. Beneath a parking lot in Elmhurst, Queens, lies a piece of Black history that advocates say deserves far more than…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (195+ words) New Statesman The black middle class. That ill-understood, much-pilloried group. A question often asked is whether they are a racial fraction of a class group or a class fraction of a racial group – are we merely talking about middle-class people…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (620+ words) “John Hope Bryant is one of the foremost thought-leaders in our country, one of the best selling authors, [and] ranked number 145 [ … ] of the top 250 living individuals who have gone furthest in life.” That’s what Marshall University President Brad Smith said…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (205+ words) Master P is calling for more Black ownership and economic empowerment after reports sparked concern that LSU was closing its African American Cultural Center — though the university has since clarified that the center remains open. The rapper and entrepreneur shared…...

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2+ week, 4+ day ago   (149+ words) iHeart August is Black Business Month — a time to acknowledge and uplift Black-owned businesses across the nation. With the annual celebration growing in supporters in recent years, we're looking back at the origins of the month. Despite the obstacles put…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (601+ words) Americans’ financial well-being was broadly stable in 2025, but the financial well-being of Black adults deteriorated from 2024 to 2025, according to a report published earlier this year by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Overall, while 73% of adults reported…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (703+ words) An emergency fund for a few months of living expenses is a first step but not the finish line. Black families can use stocks, residential and commercial property, and insurance plans to create and protect real generational wealth. More Black…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1108+ words) Black Americans found their way to other northern enclaves, too: New York’s Harlem neighborhood and Philadelphia’s Seventh Ward and North Philadelphia. In Chicago, the Bronzeville area appealed for its location near Lake Michigan and the city’s downtown, Scott says. It…...