Contents
Black Business News…June 2018 3
Publisher's Message
Government 6 7 8 11 12
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Stacey Abrams won the Democratic Primary for Governor in Georgia London Breed Becomes the First AfricanAmerican Woman to be Elected San Francisco's Mayor Trump Signs Veterans Health Bill as White House Works Against Bipartisan Plan to Fund It Parkland Students, Activists Registering Voters in Chicago California Moves to Require Solar Panels on all New Homes CaribbeanAmerican Heritage Month 58 WHO to Announce ‘Gaming Disorder’ as a Mental Health Condition Trump is Directing Pentagon to Create a "Space Force"
Entertainment 22 28
BBN Show Biz Buzz BBN Remembers Some of the Musicians who Passed in 2017
Editorials/Perspectives 15 32
'Be the Legacy' and Make Every Day a Mandela Day! John Legend and Rashad Robinson: End Money Bail Now (opinion)
Business 30 34 38 42
Mellody Hopson Becomes Starbucks Vice Chair The Obamas Signed a Multi-Year Deal With Netflix Nine Ways for Enterprises to Prosper in the Face of GDPR What's the Mindset that Defines the Most Successful People? It's What Most of Us Are Missing
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"THE ADVENTURES OF PHILIPPI" BBA’s 2018 "Salute to Black Music" Honors Siedah Garrett Dr. Patricia Harris Named President of American Medical Association Microsoft is Developing a Tool to Help Engineers Catch Bias in Algorithms Mary Meeker’s 2018 Internet Trends Report: All the Slides, plus Analysis Rainbow PUSH 47th Annual International Convention Sorry, White People: Black Women are not Trying to Save You Fired up by Trump, Dozens of Obama Alums Run for Office TONL Co-founder Karen Okonkwo is Revolutionizing Stock Photography with Color and Culture 5 Early Signs Your Startup Will Succeed Instagram Offering Long Form Video Content with IGTV
Community/Public Interest 86 87
Michelle Obama Has New Book Coming Out in November At 87, this Baltimore Inventor has 250 Patents to his Name
Obituary/Memorials 89 90
Clarence Fountain, a Founder of Blind Boys of Alabama, Dies Bluesman Eddy Clearwater Dies of Heart Failure at Age 83
International 94 98
Investment Marketplace Coming to Africa North American Trio Beats Morocco to Host 2026 World Cup p
Columns 64 92
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Take A Look! African Stock Exchanges Shopping Gallery Books to Consider...
145 BBA 2018 Master Planner 146 Resource Vault
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