Rodney Williams left a cushy corporate gig with a six-figure salary to build a start-up that sunk him six figures in debt. Now, that business, Lisnr, has raised millions of dollars in funding, has almost 40 employees and counts the likes of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys and NBC as clients. — Catherine Clifford, CNBC […]
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Meet Some Of The Powerhouse Women Creating “Brave Spaces” For Multicultural Creatives | Refinery29
Since its first conference, CultureCon went from an intimate headcount of 150 attendees to close to 2,000 during last year’s event — where Tracee Ellis Ross, Dave East, Regina King and other big names took the panel stage. The Creative Collective NYC’s annual conference for multicultural creatives has even bigger plans for 2020, and Unbothered […]
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Breaking the color barrier: behind the long fight to diversify space | The Guardian
The film Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier dives into the under-reported history of efforts to include people of color in the space race [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Most children who rise through the American education system are familiar with the US space program – or at least the story of the program’s achievements: John Glenn’s […]
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Black Founders, Funders and Investors Launch Innovative Companies to Make Communities Better | The Network Journal
Black founders, funders and investors are launching some of the most innovative companies around. Here, we feature just a few: Iyinoluwa Samuel Aboyeji, cofounder, Flutterwave Inc. A payment technology firm that makes it easier for banks and businesses to process payments across Africa and worldwide. Co-founder, Andela, which identifies and develops Africa’s top software developers […]
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How Plato Foresaw Facebook’s Folly | The New York Times
Technology promises to make easy things that, by their intrinsic nature, have to be hard.
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Former Astronaut Mae Jemison over the Moon for ‘Mars’ | The Network Journal
TNJ Staff , The Network Journal Lucy McBath defeated the Republican incumbent, Karen Handel.Credit Lynsey Weatherspoon for The New York Times. Featured Image [dropcap]The[/dropcap] second season of the National Geographic series “Mars,” set to debut Monday, will continue to blend fictional storytelling with fact to present a look at what the efforts to establish a […]
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Grambling State Approved to Offer Cybersecurity Degree | Los Angeles Sentinel
“With the vision of your team and the support of this Board, we are confident Grambling is prepared to educate cybersecurity professionals the market is demanding…”
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The Black Struggle for Technology Jobs | The Atlantic
In Atlanta and other racially segregated cities, the education system is stacked against African Americans competing for STEM careers. If Amazon picks the city for its second headquarters, things could get even worse.
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Arkansas’ ‘Hidden Figure’ Raye Montague Dies at 83 | Ebony
Arkansas’ own “hidden figure” who worked as an engineer for the U.S. Navy and was seen as a leader for women of color in the engineering field has died at age 83.
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Blacks evolving as powerbrokers in tech realm, study reveals | The Philadelphia Tribune
Lauren Victoria Burke The Philadelphia Tribune [dropcap]No[/dropcap] one doubts that Black Twitter has had an impact on real world and policy change. But now, according to a new study by Nielsen, African-American consumers, influencers and digital entrepreneurs are leveraging digital power to not only influence events but to own content. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The new study […]
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