Economist Lisa Cook Confirmed to Federal Reserve Board, 1st Black Woman Governor in Agency’s 108-Year History

by Good Black News | May 10, 2022 | Finance, Politics | 0 comments

Cook was confirmed by a 51-to-50 vote in the Senate, with Vice President Harris casting the tiebreaking vote. No Republicans voted for Cook, and Democrats, who hold a razor-thin majority, had delayed moving forward on her nomination until they could assemble all 50 of...

#JazzAppreciationMonth: The Savoy Ballroom – Harlem’s “Home of Happy Feet” (LISTEN)

by Good Black News | Apr 24, 2022 | Finance | 0 comments

by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) As #JazzAppreciationMonth nears its end, today GBN celebrates the “Home of Happy Feet” that was one of the first integrated public entertainment spaces in the U.S., Harlem’s once famous Savoy Ballroom. To read about...

University of Michigan Economist Susan M. Collins to Become President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

by Good Black News | Mar 7, 2022 | Finance | 0 comments

University of Michigan economist and executive vice president of academic affairs Susan M. Collins will be the next president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, taking office on July 1. Collins will be only the second Black...

GBN Daily Drop Podcast: Ann Lowe – Fashion Designer for Harlem, Hollywood and the White House (LISTEN)

by Good Black News | Feb 16, 2022 | Finance, Politics | 0 comments

by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) Today’s GBN Daily Drop podcast is based on the Wednesday, February 16 entry in the “A Year of Good Black News” Page-A-Day®️ Calendar for 2022 about haute couture designer and entrepreneur Ann Lowe....

GBN’s “A Year of Good Black News” Page-A-Day Calendar for 2022 Now Available for Pre-Order

by Good Black News | Sep 10, 2021 | Entertainment, Finance, Politics | 0 comments

by Lori Lakin Hutcherson, Good Black News Editor-in-Chief This March in our Good Black News anniversary post, I mentioned GBN would be coming out with its first physical product this fall: a Page-A-Day® Calendar from Workman Publishing entitled A Year of Good...

Digital Healthcare Platform HUED Lands $1.6M in Funding from Serena Williams and Others

by Good Black News | Aug 10, 2021 | Community, Finance | 0 comments

The digital health start-up HUED, founded in 2018 by Kimberly Wilson with the aim of connecting patients with Black and Latinx healthcare providers, recently raised $1.6 million in seed funding led by women venture capitalists. According to thegrio.com,...

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Juneteenth 2023 T-Shirt

$27.00

Dress for the occasion! Thank you to local business AChantel Apparel for creating these T-shirts for you to stay cool during the Juneteenth events while commemorating the celebration. It’s just $27 each. Pre-order your shirt today! You can pick them up for free at the AChantel booths on June 15 or 19 or at KLEK Studios. We can also ship it to you for $10. The last day to order is June 14!