One Of The First Black-Owned Shoe Factories Launches Footwear Design School Supporting HBCU Students
JEMS by PENSOLE shoe factory in Somersworth, New Hampshire will help recruit and develop careers for underrepresented designers in the footwear.
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JEMS by PENSOLE shoe factory in Somersworth, New Hampshire will help recruit and develop careers for underrepresented designers in the footwear.
/PRNewswire/ -- Designer Brands Inc. (NYSE: DBI) (the "Company" and "Designer Brands"), one of the world's largest designers, producers and retailers of...
/PRNewswire/ -- Designer Brands Inc. (NYSE: DBI), parent of shoe retailer DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse, announced today an investment of $2 million into...
/PRNewswire/ -- Designer Brands Inc. (NYSE: DBI), parent of shoe retailer DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse, announced today an investment of $2 million into...
HONORING BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Jan Ernst Matzeliger Compiled by Shirley Madden, Manistee Area Racial Justice & Diversity Initiative Feb. 6, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 2of3 An invention created by Jan Ernst Matzeliger made Lynn, Massachusetts the "shoe capital of the world." (Courtesy photo/New York Public Library) Show MoreShow Less 3of3 DID YOU KNOW ... When you look down at your shoes, many thanks should go to a Black man named Jan Ernst Matzeliger. He was born on Sept. 15, 1852 in Suriname, South Africa and was the child of a biracial marriage. His father was a white engineer from Holl...