21 Aug,2020 | Black Enterprise Magazine, Business
Innovation may be the key to helping ease the financial burdens and fundraising challenges faced by many historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) across the country. This week, Xavier Peoples unveiled HBCU Change, a new app that aims to raise $1 billion...
13 Aug,2020 | Black Enterprise Magazine, Business
The importance of education is at the forefront of conversations these days with schools preparing to reopen this fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic. To help HBCU campuses to ensure that students feel safe, The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) and the United Negro...
7 Aug,2020 | Black Enterprise Magazine, Business
In addition to educating Black students, historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have been a safe ground for Black activism and stories as well as a source of African American pride since the 19th century. Often designed and built by African American...
29 Jul,2020 | Black Enterprise Magazine, Business
Last year, it was reported that Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, was divorcing his wife of 25 years, MacKenzie Scott as the two engaged in a court battle for assets. Scott ended up walking away with a $38 billion settlement from the divorce and now the author and...
2 Jul,2020 | Black Enterprise Magazine, Business, Uncategorized
LeMoyne-Owen College, the only Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Memphis, Tennessee, has been named the beneficiary of an endowment of $40 million, one of the largest gifts to any HBCU and the largest for the school in its 158-year history. The...