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Joe Louis Dudley, who rose from humble beginnings and overcame a speech impediment to create a multimillion-dollar, Black-owned hair care company, died Friday, Feb. 9, 2024, at age 86. Funeral services were Monday, Feb. 19, at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Greensboro, N.C.

On day 76 of his rooftop vigil, Pastor Corey Brooks discuss the importance of entrepreneurship.

Opening doors for others: The first Black woman to become a CPA By Anita Dennis Mary T. Washington Wylie in 1943 became the nation’s first Black woman to earn the CPA license, a notable achievement in a remarkable life filled with many accomplishments. Washington Wylie also made it her life’s mission to hire and mentor Black aspiring CPAs. Her story illustrates the importance of early Black CPAs’ success and the advances they made for future generations of accountants. A decision to pay it forward Born in Mississippi, Washington Wylie (1906–2005) was a child when she was sent to live ...

Google S.B. Fuller was a prominent Chicagoan during the 1940s and 1950s — a self-made Black millionaire whose door-to-door sales company was the nucleus of a national business empire. Fuller is almost forgotten today, as is the spectacular, brick-and-glass, custom, mid-century modernist home he built in Robbins, a struggling working-class southern suburb that was founded by Black people. But we’re hoping a small grant from the preservation group Landmarks Illinois provides a needed step toward saving the tattered home — owned by the Robbins Historical Society and Museum since 2016 — a...