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Black Employees Say Amazon Has a Race Problem Jason Del Rey, Recode, February 26, 2021 When Chanin Kelly-Rae started working at Amazon in 2019 as a global manager of diversity in the company’s cloud computing division, she had big ambitions for her new job. She had nearly two decades of experience leading diversity and inclusion efforts inside important institutions, like Washington state’s governor’s office, but she’d never worked at an influential global business leader like Amazon. But less than a year later, Kelly-Rae quit. Her tenure inside the company convinced her that Amazon�...

REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson Dave Clark was promoted to Amazon's CEO of worldwide consumer this year. Clark's role covers almost every aspect of Amazon's retail business. His direct reports include execs in charge of the marketplace, Prime, and logistics, among others. Dave Clark's first official move after being promoted to Amazon's retail chief this year was to write a letter to President Joe Biden, offering help to vaccinate 100 million Americans in the first 100 days of the administration. As part of the move, Clark also brought on a longtime Amazon executive, Nade...

US Black Engineer GM’s Gerald Johnson recognized as 2021’s Black Engineer of the Year Published February 14, 2021 By : Lango Deen The 2021 Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA), held Thursday, Feb. 11 through Saturday, Feb. 13, was an all-digital event. This year’s conference theme was “Stand Up. Step Up. Make a Change,” a call to social justice action. Participants in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields had access to 24 hours of events, award shows, and entertainment. An iconic line up of stars, including jazz saxophonist Gerald Albright, singer Parris Lane...

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Following the lead of trailblazers throughout American history, today's Black history-makers are shaping not only today but tomorrow.   From helping to develop a Covid-19 vaccine, to breaking barriers in the White House and in the C-suite, below are 23 Black leaders who are shattering glass ceilings in their wide-ranging roles.  Kamala Harris, 56, first Black, first South Asian American and first woman Vice President Photo credit: Getty; Photo Illustration: Gene Kim for CNBC Make It Vice President Kamala Harris. On Jan. 20, Kamala Harris became the first Black, first South Asian American an...