Minority contractor managing its growth By Bill Beene Of the St. Louis American Jimmy Miller is so excited about the revitalization of the city and downtown in particular that he moved his contracting company from North County to Olive and Jefferson. “I wanted to be in the Loft District, in the city doing business,” Miller […]

For the NNPA BALTIMORE (NNPA) — The voters of Michigan voted to ban affirmative action programs in the state’s universities and its government. The initiative, known as Proposal 2, passed, 58 percent to 42 percent despite the fact that it was criticized by civil rights advocates, feminists, academics and political leaders of both the Democratic […]

Thomas W. Dortch Jr., a board member of the national MBA and Chairman Emeritus of 100 Black Men, was the keynote speaker at the MBA’s awards presentation last week. He is shown here with scholarship recipients Shekeita Sproaps of Fontbonne University, local MBA president Samuel L. Gradford, scholarship recipient Eric Arthur of Lincoln University, and […]

Tyson Foods Inc., has reached a nearly $1 million settlement with a group of current and former workers who filed a racial discrimination lawsuit involving actions at the company’s Ashland, Ala., poultry plant. The agreement resolves complaints filed in federal court in August 2005 by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and 13 African American […]