Tag: Black Girl Magic
Meet The Black Woman Entrepreneur On A Mission To Build A...
Essence
The issues of maternal and infant mortality in communities of color, particularly in the Black community, are often ignored. It is no secret that Black mothers...
Courtney Kirk Brings Style to the Haircare Industry
By Sydney Melson
The Birmingham Times
Few could understand Courtney Kirk’s vision when she graduated from college, played professional basketball in Portugal, and returned home to...
Meet The Black Woman Behind one of the Country’s Few Black-Owned...
By Dana Givens
Black Enterprise
Architecture is an extremely difficult field to enter, especially for people of color. In a 2018 report from the National Council of Architectural Registration Board,...
Ramona Hood: Journey from Receptionist to First Black FedEx Division CEO
Derek T. Dingle
www.blackenterprise.com
When Ramona Hood achieved her milestone appointment as president and CEO of FedEx’s Custom Critical after a three-decade career with the company, the...
Event Planner Rashada LeRoy to Produce 2021 World Games Ceremonies
By Roy S. Johnson
AL.com/The Birmingham News
A few weeks into his tenure as the new CEO of The World Games 2021 Birmingham, Nick Sellers just...
Dr. Mia Cowan: Finding a Beautiful Approach to Health
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
MiBella means “my beautiful” in Italian—and that’s the goal for Mia Cowan, MD, at her wellness center off of Highway...
Ruby Davis: From Mom To Attorney To Published Author
Bpl.org
Since becoming a teenage mother, Birmingham’s Ruby Y. Davis has defied the odds and refused to let hearsay—what others said about her—stop her from...
Record Number Of Black Women Graduate West Point Military Academy
By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
Black Voices
Black women made military history on Saturday, as the West Point military academy graduated its class of 2019 with its highest-ever...
Meet the First Black woman to Earn a PhD in Aerospace...
By Carma Henry
BlackPressUSA
An African lady has become the first Black woman to get a doctorate degree in aerospace engineering.
The talented lady is said to...
Birmingham native breaks barriers in engineering, while earning doctorate at FAMU
Special to the Times
Three Florida A&M University (FAMU) female doctoral students, who are also best friends, recently received their doctorates in engineering. Marcella Carnes...
