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Amazing Deals on Black Owned Products on Amazon Prime Day!!!

     It’s Amazon Prime Day!!! Over the next 48 hours, Amazon will offer some amazing deals exclusive to its Amazon Prime members. Sign Up for Amazon Prime 30 day FREE Trial Here.   Amazon is predicting, 76% of Amazon Prime members in the US to shop Prime Day, increasing from 63% who shopped in 2018. ContinueContinue reading “Amazing Deals on Black Owned Products on Amazon Prime Day!!!”

5 New Books By Black Authors For Black Readers

5 New Books by Black Authors   It’s time to charge our melanin with a great book.1) American Spy by Lauren WilkinsonAuthor Lauren Wilkinson, a New York native, debuted with her page-turning novel American Spy, which was named “one of the best books in 2019 so far” by Time.The espionage thriller, which has been inspired byContinueContinue reading “5 New Books By Black Authors For Black Readers”

Jay-Z is Officially Hip Hop’s First Billionaire!!!

   Jay-Z  has won the race to become the first official billionaire in hip-hop!!! Beating the likes of moguls such as Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and Dr. Dre to the threshold, according to a new cover story published in Forbes. This also makes Jay-Z the fifth African American in the country to reach this milestone.  ForbesContinueContinue reading “Jay-Z is Officially Hip Hop’s First Billionaire!!!”

Meet Bed, Bath & Beyond’s New CEO, Mary Winston

 Mary Winston will be the first black women to lead a Fortune 500 company since Ursula Burns  was the CEO of Xerox in 2017.Winston worked as executive vice president and chief financial officer of family Dollar Stores landing her a spot on Black Enterprise’s‘50 Most Powerful Women in Corporate America.’ According to  USA Today, Bed BathContinueContinue reading “Meet Bed, Bath & Beyond’s New CEO, Mary Winston”

Black Man Invents Gloves That Lets You HEAR Sign Language

  A 25-year old black engineer, Roy Allela from Kenya, is bridging the communication barrier between deaf and hearing people.  The Sign-IO glove translates signed hand movements to audible speech allowing deaf people to “talk” even to those who don’t understand sign language.How does it work???The Sign-IO gloves feature sensors mounted on each of theContinueContinue reading “Black Man Invents Gloves That Lets You HEAR Sign Language”

Black Children’s Book Author Crystal Swain-Bates

Crystal Swain-Bates is a celebrated children’s book author and the owner of Goldest Karat Publishing. Fed up with the lack of black children’s books on the market, Crystal founded Goldest Karat Publishing in order to address the lack of diversity in children’s literature.“Mommy, that little girl looks like me! I’ll never get tired of hearingContinueContinue reading “Black Children’s Book Author Crystal Swain-Bates”