High-profile appointments to the current Republican administration, like those of Secretary of State Colin Powell and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, have put African-Americans on stage ag
Features
Expanding the Horizon
This year, TNJ profiles the 25 outstanding Black women in America whose decisions and leadership shape the future of their organizations, their industries and their communities.
This was no ordinary day at Vanguarde Media Inc., owner of Honey, Savoy and Heart & Soul magazines. In 2003, with just two days to Thanksgiving, it was especially busy as workers tried to wrap thi
BY Monique Brown McKenzie
Imagine coming from a family of tinkerers: you, your mother, your father, even your siblings, all spent time hovering over electronic components and computer parts, trying to figure out how they work
In 1972, Shirley Chisholm was the first African-American to run for president. A U.S. representative from Brooklyn, N.Y., she received 9 percent of the vote at the Democratic Party’s national conven
BY Herb Boyd
There was a time in America when the very idea of a Black pilot was as unthinkable as flying across the Atlantic Ocean. Small wonder, then, that the accomplishments of the early Black pilots—men and
BY Ines Bebea
We are in a sun-lit conference room that shows off the magnificent mid-Manhattan panorama as only the upper floors of a corporate headquarters can.The public relations officer has just finished explai
In February, when the 107th Congress designated 2003 the Year of the Blues, it was mainly to commemorate composer and musician W. C. Handy’s notation of the music he heard one day while resting near
BY Herb Boyd
William "Bill" Adkins has been a car guy most of his professional life. Yet he isn't the type to sit in an office isolated from the public. In fact, his entrepreneurial ventures are designed around hi
It's been a decade already! In your hands you are holding the product that celebrates those 10 years of effort. Even at its humble beginning, I always believed that The Network Journal could make a di