Tag: business
Regions Bank to Help Grow Black-Owned Businesses in Birmingham
regions.doingmoretoday.com
Regions Bank on Thursday announced the launch of a new initiative designed to support, complement and advance work that is under way to foster more...
Program Launched to Elevate Black Entrepreneurs in Birmingham
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
Prosper, a Birmingham-based nonprofit, on Thursday launched “Operation: Backing Black Businesses”, an initiative connecting entrepreneurs and business owners in...
In Birmingham, Urban League President Marc Morial on the Key to...
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League, on Wednesday closed out Birmingham's 19th annual A.G. Gaston Conference with a...
After Selling His Company for $1.2 Billion, Shegun Otulana Builds Better...
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Tucked away inside a conference room at his company's temporary headquarters at Innovation Depot on First Avenue North, Shegun Otulana...
Mike Green: Black Business in America
By Mike Green
In her book “The History of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race, Entrepreneurship”
business historian Juliet E. K. Walker refers to the era...
Gaynelle Adams: The A.G. Gaston Conference–19 Years and Counting
By Gaynelle Adams Jackson
Co-founder AG Gaston Conference
In 2005 Robert Dickerson Jr., Executive Director of the Birmingham Business Resource Center and I co-founded and hosted...
Moses Feagin Elected Executive Vice President, CFO Alabama Power
alabamanewscenter.com
Moses Feagin has been elected executive vice president, chief financial officer (CFO) and treasurer of Alabama Power. The appointment is effective March 1.
Feagin will be...
Birmingham’s 1st Annual Black Male Summit Draws Top Area Leaders
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
Jefferson County District Attorney Danny Carr stood before a group of nearly 100 Black men on Saturday at the...
Bessemer’s Bargain Town, Once Part of Large Chain, Closes Last Store...
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
Before Family Dollar and Dollar General, there was Bargain Town and its well-known jingle that was a soundtrack...
Bob Dickerson: Closing the Racial Wealth Gap
By Robert Dickerson
We’ve heard the term closing the racial wealth gap throughout the past quarter century. Conversations and strategies to accomplish the feat have...