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Ursula Burns served as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Xerox from 2009 to 2016.  She also served on the board of directors of multiple large American companies, including Uber, American Express and ExxonMobil. Ursula Burns led Xerox for seven years, stepping down in 2016 after a bruising battle with the activist investor Carl Icahn, which…

Considered one of the most powerful women in the business world by Forbes, Mellody Hobson is president and Co-Chief Executive Officer with John W. Rogers, Jr., of the Chicago-based money management company, Ariel Investments. Ariel manages over $18 billion in assets and is one of the largest Black-owned asset firms in the country.  Mellody serves…

Cathy Hughes is the Founder and Chairperson of Urban One, formerly known as Radio One; the company is the largest African American owned and operated broadcast company. Radio One is the parent corporation of TV One, home of hit shows such as "UnSung," "NewsOne Now," "R&B Divas," "Reach Media," "The Rickey Smiley Morning Show," "Interactive…

LeBron James is much more than a basketball star. He is also a businessman and outstanding philanthropist. He is a smart businessman. He is part owner of the Boston Red Sox baseball team, the New England Sports Network, RFK Racing, and the Liverpool F.C.. He and Drake became part owners of the Italian football club,…

From Baltimore, Maryland, Reginald Lewis became one of the richest Black men in America.  He was the first African American to build a billion-dollar company: TLC Beatrice International Holdings Inc. In 1993, Forbes named Lewis among the 400 richest Americans with a net worth of $400 million.  Reginald Lewis’ book, Why Should White Guys Have…

The Queen of Rock and Roll was born Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush, Tennessee,  a town she described in a song as having “a church house, gin house, a schoolhouse and an outhouse.” She said the people kept the town clean. It was full of deep-seated racism. As a child, Tina picked cotton. Tina, still…

According to Forbes magazine, Earvin “Magic” Johnson, one of the greatest NBA players of all time, has a net worth of $1.2 billion most of which was earned as a businessman. Magic earned around $40 million while playing with the Los Angeles Lakers. At his peak, he brought in between $1 million and $4 million…

George Foreman was a professional boxer who was born in Marshall, Texas. He dropped out of school at 15 and spent time as  a mugger and a brawler on the streets of Houston’s Fifth Ward. Luckily, he was saved by President Lyndon B. Johnson's Job Corp, a program that helped disadvantaged kids by teaching them…

On August 19, 2023, attorney Charles "Chuck" Fuller appeared once again on "Law Talk with Ethel Mitchell" to share the legal guidance he gives in his publication The Black Man’s Guide to Surviving a Routine Traffic Stop. An experienced civil and criminal defense lawyer, attorney Fuller knows constitutional rights.  As a Black man, he also…

Lonnie Bunch III was the Founding Director of The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) and is the current Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the first African American to hold the position. Lonnie Bunch III was born in Newark, New Jersey.  His parents, Lonnie Bunch II and Montrose Bunch, were both teachers…