At This Detroit Gym, Books Come Before Boxing
Over the holidays, I got to interact with people whom I normally don’t—people who don’t know how to read yet. One was my sister’s 18-month-old great-nephew, who, when he walked over to our large TV and...
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Black Changemakers Are Using Bee Farms to Save Detroit Neighborhoods
Although the city of Detroit is known for its vacant lot and abandoned housing problem, the innovation and talent that exists within Michigan’s largest city should not be overlooked—thanks in part to...
View ArticleDetroit’s Downtown Boxing Gym Students See Their Math Skills Soar
Detroit’s Downtown Boxing Gym, founded by Khali Sweeney, is crushing it, as the young people say. The gym is serious when it says its motto is Books Before Boxing—and the math scores of the students at...
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This Award-Winning Designer’s Advice for Building a Sustainable Business
From converting vacant buildings to building new neighborhoods, Rainy Hamilton Jr., the co-founder of Hamilton Anderson Associates, a 100% minority-owned Detroit-based firm, is partly responsible for...
View ArticleUrban One Agrees To Sell WPZR Assets For $12.7 Million, Reports First Quarter...
Urban One, one of the largest African American-owned media companies, has agreed to sell off its radio business unit in the city of Detroit. The company also reported losses in revenue in the first...
View Article$1.55 Million Investment To Help Black Businesses in Detroit Flourish
JPMorgan Chase is contributing $1.55 million to three new small business investments taking part in a conference for black businesses in Detroit. The banking giant planned to announce the investments...
View ArticleBlack-Owned Bank’s $4 Million Fund to Help Black Businesses in Detroit
Liberty Bank and Trust Company is providing $4 million in financing to the Detroit-based Entrepreneurs of Color Fund, a well-known loan fund that helps black-owned businesses in the Motor City grow....
View Article4 Business Success Lessons From FedEx Founder at Black MBA Conference
Attendees of the 40th Annual National Black MBA Association Conference in Detroit last week gained the rare opportunity to hear from one of America’s iconic business leaders: FedEx Corp. founder and...
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The Luxury Bed and Breakfast Helping to Revitalize Detroit
In 2013, sisters Roderica and Francina James started renovations on a mansion built in 1870, and transformed it into The Cochrane House, a luxury bed and breakfast located in the heart of Detroit’s...
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This Soul Food Restaurant is Serving Lessons In Black History With “Shoebox...
Patrick Coleman is packing a piece of history into the meals served at his soul food restaurant Beans & Cornbread. Throughout Black History Month, the Detroit-based bistro will offer “shoebox...
View ArticleJPMorgan Kicks In Another $15 Million to Advance Economic Growth in Detroit
JPMorgan Chase has committed $15 million in Detroit to help more black residents benefit from the continued economic recovery in the Motor City. The new investment is geared to expand economic...
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Detroit Couple Builds Chitlin’-Cleaning Empire
Bruce and Cynthia Tucker built a successful business around one of the oldest and most fundamental components of soul food: chitterlings, or chitlins as they are more commonly called. According to the...
View ArticleFast Food Mogul, Serial Entrepreneur La-Van Hawkins Dies at 61
La-Van Hawkins, a black entrepreneur in the food industry, just died at the age of 61, reports Crain’s. Hawkins was featured several times in BLACK ENTERPRISE magazine. In 1995, his business, La-Van...
View ArticleHow JPMorgan Chase is Using $50 Million to Assist Black Detroit Residents
JPMorgan Chase is making a new $50 million commitment to help black Detroit residents buy homes, get job training, as well as start or expand small businesses in the next three years. The fresh...
View ArticleAfroFuture Fest Organizers Change Decision to Charge White People More for...
The AfroFuture Fest Detroit-based music festival came under scrutiny when its organizers announced that it would charge $10 tickets to people of color and $20 and up to ‘non-POC’ people. The ticket...
View ArticleDetroit’s Youngest Entrepreneur Has Been Doing Business for Nearly a Decade
Being named the youngest entrepreneur in the city of Detroit comes with a lot of notoriety and responsibility. BLACK ENTERPRISE’s 2019 Teenpreneur of the Year, Asia Newson, 16, takes great pride in it....
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Survey Shows 80% of Black Business Owners Feeling Left Out of Detroit’s...
With Detroit’s economic resurgence, many black business owners are surprisingly feeling left out. According to survey results reported by WWJ News, although Detroit is experiencing great redevelopment,...
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Detroit to Host the Largest Black Doll Expo in the Nation
On Saturday, Nov. 9, Detroit will host the largest doll show in the country, promoting dolls of color to empower children of color. The doll show will be hosted by the entertainment company, Sandy’s...
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Black-Owned Fuel Supplier Wins $27 Million Contract with City of Detroit
ACE Petroleum just obtained a $27 million contract with Detroit to supply fuel services for the city’s police cars, fire trucks, buses, emergency medical vehicles, and other transportation units for...
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After Winning a Racial Discrimination Suit, a Detroit Man Sues the Bank For...
Racism has wreaked havoc on a Detroit man, not once, but twice! Sauntore Thomas, who had won a racial discrimination lawsuit against his former employer, went to the bank to deposit his checks but...
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