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10 Dec

The Son Of Black-Owned Grocery Store Brokerage Founders Created

The Son Of Black-Owned Grocery Store Brokerage Founders Created
Take a go searching the following time you’re at your local food market. Have you ever ever thought of who’s behind ensuring those shelves are continually stocked? How the produce arrives perfectly ripe to your picking? Brandon Hill can answer that: his parents, and folks like them. For greater than 40 years, his mother and father worked within the grocery industry–each in the company sector and eventually as owners of their very own grocer brokerage–one in every of the few Black founders to achieve this. Like many others within the food distribution business, Hill’s parents experienced the ups and downs of the key economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, namely supply chain disruptions. Data shows that short supply could cause...
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8 Dec

This Hampton University Grad Created An Inclusive Toy Line

This Hampton University Grad Created An Inclusive Toy Line
Brooke Hart Jones didn’t know much about Hampton University when she applied for admission within the late 90s. She just knew that when her friend, also a prospective student, talked about his experience while on a tour there, he glowed. “Attending an HBCU, particularly Hampton was probably the most pivotal decisions I’ve made in life truthfully,” Hart Jones shared with Essence. “And I feel my story is pretty reflective of my friends’ who would say the identical. The experience just really affects every aspect of your life: academically, professionally, personally. I graduated over 20 years ago and I’m still friends with my classmates. The bond is different.” After graduating from Hampton University in 2002, she said she continued to lean...
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7 Nov

This Hampton University Grad Created An Inclusive Toy Line

This Hampton University Grad Created An Inclusive Toy Line
Brooke Hart Jones didn’t know much about Hampton University when she applied for admission within the late 90s. She just knew that when her friend, also a prospective student, talked about his experience while on a tour there, he glowed. “Attending an HBCU, particularly Hampton was one of the vital pivotal decisions I’ve made in life truthfully,” Hart Jones shared with Essence. “And I believe my story is pretty reflective of my friends’ who would say the identical. The experience just really affects every aspect of your life: academically, professionally, personally. I graduated over 20 years ago and I’m still friends with my classmates. The bond is different.” After graduating from Hampton University in 2002, she said she continued to...
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4 Nov

This African Braiding Technique Was Created By Our Ancestors

This African Braiding Technique Was Created By Our Ancestors
Braids – our common go-to protective style – represent our heritage and the survival of our ancestors. Obsessed with all things beauty? Click here to get your tickets for the first-ever ESSENCE Beauty Carnival tour! In a recent video post, Instagram user @knowyourcaribbean sheds light on a little-known braiding technique that adds to the narrative of why we opt to wear our braids and wear them proudly. View this post on Instagram Many African women braided rice or seeds into their hair before journeying the Middle Passage, on their approach to enslavement or braided it into their children’s hair before separation, in order that they...
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