While the country celebrates the first black president, African-Americans are facing critical challenges from high unemployment, home foreclosures and a record number of black men in prison.
The following is a list of local and national organizations and programs designed to address many of the issues raised in "CNN Presents: Black in America" and "CNN & Essence: Reclaiming the Dream." Some of the people or guests featured in the programs are involved in some of these organizations.
Dear FSB: Way back when, there were low-interest rate loans from the government for women and minorities in small business. They no longer exist, business advisors say. Why is this? I am an older woman in business and find it all but impossible to get a loan.
With Hispanics being the nation's largest minority group, the general assumption among many political and social pundits is that they will align themselves with African-Americans to represent a potent political force on the local, state and national level.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the people who were stranded in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina are evidence that race and poverty can still come together "in a very ugly way" in parts of the "Old South."
IT'S BEEN 40 YEARS since Congress passed Title VII, which banned workplace discrimination based on sex, race, color, or creed, and today scarcely a major company in the land lacks a policy on workp...
In March, Hugh Price, president of the National Urban League, approached FORTUNE with the idea of publishing one or more stories about African Americans in business to coincide with the 87-year-old...
While the country celebrates the first black president, African-Americans are facing critical challenges from high unemployment, home foreclosures and a record number of black men in prison.
The following is a list of local and national organizations and programs designed to address many of the issues raised in "CNN Presents: Black in America" and "CNN & Essence: Reclaiming the Dream." Some of the people or guests featured in the programs are involved in some of these organizations.
Dear FSB: Way back when, there were low-interest rate loans from the government for women and minorities in small business. They no longer exist, business advisors say. Why is this? I am an older woman in business and find it all but impossible to get a loan.
With Hispanics being the nation's largest minority group, the general assumption among many political and social pundits is that they will align themselves with African-Americans to represent a potent political force on the local, state and national level.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the people who were stranded in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina are evidence that race and poverty can still come together "in a very ugly way" in parts of the "Old South."
IT'S BEEN 40 YEARS since Congress passed Title VII, which banned workplace discrimination based on sex, race, color, or creed, and today scarcely a major company in the land lacks a policy on workp...
In March, Hugh Price, president of the National Urban League, approached FORTUNE with the idea of publishing one or more stories about African Americans in business to coincide with the 87-year-old...
Regular readers of FORTUNE may well react with a classic double-take upon first spying this issue's triple-fold-out cover. To put it candidly, some may well ask: "What are all those black people do...
Tony Burns, CEO of Ryder System, recently joined some distinguished company: tennis great Arthur Ashe and Democratic National Committee Chairman Ron Brown. All three men won the Equal Opportunity D...
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