DR. LAKEYSHA HALLMON’S VILLAGE MARKET PARTNERS WITH ATLANTA BELTLINE TO CREATE AFFORDABLE STOREFRONTS FOR BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES

In 2016, Dr. Lakeysha Hallmon, who founded The Village Market ATL was providing Atlanta Black-owned businesses with a direct pipeline to consumers, resources, and community partners through quarterly marketplaces. The location has since changed, but the mission to support Black entrepreneurs and boost the Black economy remains the same. Read more.

LEGENDARY RUTGERS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COACH C. VIVIAN STRINGER TO RETIRE AFTER 50-YEAR CAREER

Stringer got her start over five decades ago, becoming the first basketball coach, men’s or women’s, to guide three different programs to the Final Four. She led HBCU Cheyney University to their first NCAA tournament championship in 1982, coaching there from 1971 to 1983. Then as the head women’s coach at Iowa, transformed the team, who had won only seven games the season prior to her start, into a powerhouse...  Read more.

FIRST EVER BLACK-OWNED MINNESOTA BANK OPENS IN MINNEAPOLIS

First Independence Bank is a Detroit-based financial institute and one of only a handful of Black-owned banks in the country. Recently, the company expanded outside of Michigan for the first time ever, opening a location in Minneapolis and making history as the first ever Black-owned bank to open in Minnesota. Read more.