Category : Community Forum

Local group will hold community meeting to help minority owned businesses | WDBD FOX 40 Jackson MS Local News, Weather and Sports

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Small businesses are the backbone of the American economy, and a local group is trying to make sure African Americans who have started or plan to start a business have the information and capital they need. A community meeting...

Food influencer Keith Lee finally lands show with Microsoft to teach black businesses how to grow with AI

Food influencer Keith Lee finally lands show with Microsoft to teach black businesses how to grow with AI – Face2Face Africa...

Biden concentrates on Black voters as polls show some support slipping to Trump

Andra Gillespie: He sometimes pulls on threads that are accurate within African American communities, but then he usually takes them out of context, and so that he’s missing an opportunity to actually effectively message to Black communities....

Three Dead, Two Injured in Sioux Falls Shooting

{KXLG – Sioux Falls, SD} A deadly shooting early Saturday morning left three people dead, and two others injured in a Sioux Falls neighborhood, according to police. Authorities responded to a call about a disturbance around 2:45 am and discovered t...

TikTok Food Critic Keith Lee Partners with Microsoft to Give Black Owned Restaurants Software and Marketing

Food critic and TikToker Keith Lee, also known as “The People’s Champ,” has partnered with Microsoft to amplify Black restaurants further. Lee’s viral food reviews continue to highlight Black and African-American-owned restaurants, and he uses his p...

The African American Policy Forum To Host First Freedom Summer Homeroo

NewsOne Featured Video Source: The African American Policy Forum / The African American Policy Forum The African American Policy Forum will host their first Freedom Summer 2024 Homeroom which will discuss New Hampshire’s recent decision t...

Hello Alice Wins Lawsuit After Being Sued For Awarding Grants To Black-Owned Businesses

Hello Alice can continue on its mission to support small businesses. As AFROTECH previously reported, the company, created by Elizabeth Gore and Carolyn Rodz, was named in a class action lawsuit for awarding up to $25,000 in grants to 10 Black-owne...

‘Cheaters don’t like getting caught’: VP Harris speaks about Trump conviction on Jimmy Kimmel

#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } WASHINGTON – Vice President Kamala Harris spent part of a Tuesday episode of “Jimmy Ki...

50 Cent and Ben Crump Meeting On Capitol Hill for Black-Owned Booze Companies

6/5 — 10:50 AM PT — As promised, 50 Cent and Ben Crump staged an audience on Wednesday in Washington D.C. for Black entrepreneur empowerment &...

Tim Scott on racism vs. political division in America: ‘It’s not as much ‘Black and white’ as it is ‘red and blue’’

Rumored Republican vice presidential contender, Senator Tim Scott, R-S.C., recently stopped by CNN to rip Donald Trump’s guilty verdict on 34 felonies in the New York hush money trial. Like most of Trump’s VP contenders, Senator Scott dismissed Trump...

A grant program for Black women business owners is discriminatory, appeals court rules

NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. federal court of appeals panel suspended a venture capital firm’s grant program for Black women business owners, ruling that a conservative group is likely to prevail in its lawsuit claiming that the program is discriminatory....

The Black Codes and Jim Crow Laws

Black codes and Jim Crow laws were laws passed at different periods in the southern United States to enforce racial segregation and curtail the power of Black voters. After the Civil War ended in 1865, some states passed black codes that severely li...

Racial resentment fueled Jan. 6 rebellion and opposition to House probe, scholars find

Americans are deeply divided over the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and it’s widely assumed the split reflects our bitter partisan conflicts. But a new study co-authored at UC Berkeley suggests one source of division stronger than...

Black-owned business program gives B.C. owners a shot at government contracts

Governments and corporations in Canada spend billions each year procuring products and services, but Jackee Kasandy says that historically, barely any has gone to businesses owned by Black people, and she wants that to change. Kasandy heads the Bri...

‘Prove our value’: Black-owned business program gives owners a shot at government, corporate contracts

Governments and corporations in Canada spend billions each year procuring products and services, but Jackee Kasandy says that historically barely any has gone to businesses owned by Black people, and she wants that to change. Kasandy heads the B...