By Brianna Rhodes, AFRO Staff Writer, mgreen@afro.com This September marks the four year anniversary of 202Creates Month in the District and all month long Washington, D.C. residents will have the chance to participate in events and activities to recognize the creative community in the city. Beginning as a monthly celebration by Mayor Muriel Bowser in 2016, the […]
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This 25-year Old Turned Down $4.4m And Now Her Company Is Valued At $7.3m
By The Chicago Defender Launching just eight months ago the company’s value quickly rose by $1.4M after recent investments from the likes of Ladarius Gunter (former-Green Bay Packers Cornerback), Shaun Hamilton (Washington Redskins Linebacker), Ayodeji Olatoye (Atlanta Falcon Cornerback) and many others. With these investments, the company’s value rose to $7.3M from its original $5.9M […]
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New Website Helps Diners Find Black-Owned Restaurants
By Lisa Fitch, Our Weekly News Los Angeles Contributor More than 2,000 Black-owned eateries are featured on the new internet-based restaurant locator eatblackowned.com, which launched June 21 intending to support Black-owned restaurants. “There’s only one thing that everyone in this world has in common: we all love great tasting food,” creator Edward L. Dillard said. “We […]
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Morgan Awarded $35 Mil for Research
By AFRO Staff Morgan State University has secured a total of $35 million in new grant awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research. The funding will be used to advance research being primarily conducted by faculty and students in the School of Computer, Mathematical and Natural […]
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Tryp Rideshare
By Black News PR Everybody knows about Uber and Lyft, but there’s a new rideshare company called Tryp that is becoming especially popular with Black and other minority entrepreneurs. It’s the only rideshare platform that allows drivers to keep 100 percent of their fares plus tips. An increasing number of Uber and Lyft drivers are […]
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Rocket Scientist Gets Obama Love
By Micha Green , AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com As commemorations for the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11 took place all last week, a barrier-breaking hometown hero with beauty, brains and #BlackGirlMagic was also celebrated, receiving a major shout-out from former President Barack Obama. D.M.V. native Tiffany Davis is an aerospace engineer. Even with […]
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Bison STEM Scholars Berlin Bound
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com The Howard University Bison STEM Scholars Program – a multi-year program that provides full undergraduate scholarships to students who have committed to pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)- is gearing up for its third cohort of incoming freshman. Cohort 3 is comprised of 30 students, representing […]
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Tennessee State Opens Coding Hub For Black Schools
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee State University is opening a hub for computer programing and app development that will serve historically Black colleges and universities across the country. To kick off the effort, leaders from 14 schools met at TSU’s new National Center for Smart Technology Innovations in Nashville this […]
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Transformative 5G Technology Arrives
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia The next wave of technological evolution has arrived in the form of 5G, a new generation of mobile networks for which at least four major telephone carriers in America – AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint – have put forth plans to introduce this year. Reportedly, AT&T has even started […]
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Baltimore Black Engineers Celebrate 30 Years
By AFRO Staff On June 22, nearly 200 people gathered at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African American History and Culture, in downtown Baltimore to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the National Society of Black Engineers Baltimore Metropolitan Area Chapter (NSBE-BMAC). The chapter had a black tie gala fundraiser to support for their work […]
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Former Miss USA Brings STEAM to D.C. Kids
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com On June 1, District youth will be able to have fun while learning as former Miss USA (2017) Kára McCullough is offering her second annual, “Take Flight with SE4K,” a program to expose children to STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) work in an interactive way. “The second […]
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PRESS ROOM: Walker’s Legacy, Comcast and Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Team Up to Celebrate Women of Color in Technology
Written by NNPA Washington, DC — Walker’s Legacy is proud to announce its ‘Women of Color in Tech’ tour powered by Comcast and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund to showcase multicultural women in technology. The national event series will explore opportunities and resources for minority and women entrepreneurs to grow and expand their entrepreneurial endeavors […]