Category: Careers
Marcia Fudge’s Journey From HUD to Home
After 50 years in government, Marcia Fudge left the helm of Housing and Urban Development to spend time with family, but she has something new on her plate.
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Growing Up Black and Korean in America
“My Asian” is a lyrical short film from the perspective of poet and performer Suzen Baraka, which tells her story of growing up Black and Korean in America.
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Oneika Phillips Brings a Taste of the Caribbean to Broadway
The burst of energy known as Oneika Phillips is a Guyanese-born performer raised on the island of...
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Remembering 9/11 Through a Different Lens
Surrounded by multiple monitors of raw footage in the control room at CNN’s headquarters, producer Jennifer C. Thomas distilled the harrowing images of 9/11 to bring the story into the world’s living rooms.
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Sowing Her Dream: Deep Roots Organic Farm
An organic, Black woman-owned farm is thriving and bringing change to life just outside of...
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Riots and Racism Led Journalist to Fight for the Voiceless
Witnessing riots and being held at gunpoint fueled a journalist’s determination to be a change agent.
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Coronavirus Won’t Shut Down Entrepreneurial Spirit
SHAE Movement African Arts in Charlotte, North Carolina, has moved yoga classes online during the...
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15 Fiercest Sisters of 2017
Black girls rock — from the polls to the silver screen. We’re triple threats. We’re...
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Katherine Johnson Joins ‘Hidden Figures’ Cast for Oscar Surprise
Katherine C. Johnson brought audience members at the 2017 Oscars to their feet in a standing...
Read MoreChanging the Face of Medicine
“You can’t be what you can’t see,”says Joycelyn Elders, M.D. The former U.S. Surgeon General is...
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#BlackGirlMagic Hits the Academy. But When Will It Hit Our Paychecks?
“Good news, bad news,” writes Angela Bronner Helm on a new study from the National...
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Fierce Friday: Tips for the New Grad in Your Life
College students are walking across the stage and into their future careers over the next several...
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