By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com The Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)…
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member. msayles@afro.com Milan Ball, 24, doesn’t consider herself your typical software developer. First, she’s a woman.…
By Lisa Brown, Special to the AFRO Build (Her) 2022 by Halcyon started with coffee and smiles. The event’s lineup was filled with diverse women who…
By Argie Sarantinos, Special to the AFRO Working in a predominantly male-dominated field may deter some people but not Charneta Samms. She is the first permanent…
Compiled by Nadia Reese, AFRO Editorial Assistant The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the nation’s largest supporter of the arts and humanities, has awarded a $1.25 million…
By Special to the AFRO Singer, songwriter, actor, author, and tech entrepreneur Ashanti made history with her record-breaking, self-titled debut album. Released on April 2, 2002,…
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com Ask David C. Williams and he’ll tell you he grew up in what he…
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member msayles@afro.com WeSolar, Inc. (WeSolar) in collaboration with the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) announced…
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com It’s not often that people choose a major without knowing anything about the subject,…
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com Business partners Navarr Grevious and Mikael Pyles consider themselves brothers. Blood wouldn’t make them…