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In this special Women's History month edition of Entrepreneurial Appetite's Black Book Discussions, we celebrate Black women with a conversation between Ebony O. McGee, Ph.D. author of Black, Brown, Bruised: How Racialized STEM Education Stifles Innovation, and ReAnna Roby, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College in the Department of Teaching and Learning.

About the Book:  

Drawing on narratives from hundreds of Black, Latinx, and Indigenous individuals, Ebony Omotola McGee examines the experiences of underrepresented racially minoritized students and faculty members who have succeeded in STEM. Based on this extensive research, McGee advocates for structural and institutional changes to address racial discrimination, stereotyping, and hostile environments in an effort to make the field more inclusive.

About the author:
As an associate professor of diversity and STEM education at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College, Dr. McGee investigates what it means to be racially marginalized while minoritized in the context of learning and achieving in STEM higher education and in the STEM professions. In particular, she studies the racialized experiences and racial stereotypes that adversely affect the education and career trajectories of underrepresented groups of color. This involves exploring the social, material, and health costs of academic achievement and problematizing traditional forms of success in higher education, with an unapologetic focus on Black folk in these places and spaces.
https://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/bio/ebonyo-mcgee

About the Facilitator:
Dr. ReAnna S. Roby is a Postdoctoral Scholar at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College in the Department of Teaching and Learning. Currently, she works with the NSF-funded Fisk-Vanderbilt Bridge Program Regional Center of Excellence in Broadening Participation. As a first-generation scholar, Roby’s background as a Black Southern woman in science greatly informs her service, research, and teaching—praxis. Roby’s scholarship employs Critical Race Feminism, Curriculum Theory, and Critical Qualitative methodologies to explore the ways in which the narratives of Black women and girls in science (formally and informally) could be used to reconceptualize science

About the entrepreneur:

Dr. Amber Johnson founded The Kidult Life after becoming the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Purdue University. Dr. Amber pioneered a path that has had an impact far greater than she could have imagined. Despite being in an environment that was not created for her, she faced and overcame challenges with curiosity and by simply being herself. Thus, she created The Kidult Life to encourage others to be themselves no matter the space they’re in

https://www.thekidultlife.com/

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In this special Women's History month edition of Entrepreneurial Appetite's Black Book Discussions, we celebrate Black women with a conversation between Martinique Lewis, author of The ABC Travel Green Book: Connecting the African Diaspora Globally, and Uchechi Kalu, co-founder of Your Travel Teacher and the Buddy Pass Podcast.

About the author: Martinique is an award-winning diversity in travel consultant, creative lead for Nomadness Travel Tribe, President of the Black Travel Alliance and now you can add creator of The ABC Travel Greenbook! The number one resource connecting travelers to the African Diaspora Globally. Trusted amongst my peers as a ‘’connector’’ She is always connecting the dots to ensure the travel industry is mindful of diversity, not just as a ‘Buzz word’’ but an action that produces results.

About the facilitator:

Uchechi is an entrepreneur, educator, and artist. She started her career in Beijing where she worked in international education and business for 4 years. Currently, she is the co-founder of Your Travel Teacher a digital platform that provides products and entertainment to the Black explorer for pain-free living, studying, and traveling abroad experiences. Additionally, she is co-hosts of the podcast called the Buddy Pass. Uchechi’s also a singer, writer, and actress, and speaks multiple languages, including, Mandarin. Uchechi is originally from South Carolina, and after many years living around the world, she recently returned to her home.

About the Book: The ABC Travel Greenbook is the #1 resource for Black travelers to connect with the African Diaspora globally! This book was created to honor our roots, and celebrate Black-owned businesses on 6 out of 7 continents. With this resource we are encouraging patronage that keeps the black dollar circulating, preserving our businesses worldwide, for generations to come. The ABC Travel Green Book holds the information that search engines can’t tell you. In it are the communities, restaurants, tours, festivals, and more that have been overlooked by travel publications pertaining to black culture. Want to get your haircut in Budapest? Or take the Black history tour in Cartagena? The ABC Travel Green Book has got you covered from A-Z.

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https://www.abctravelnetwork.com/

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In this special Black History Month edition of Entrepreneurial Appetite's Black Book Discussions, we celebrate the contributions of HBCU sports with a conversation between Dr. J. Kenyatta Cavil, scholar and host of Inside the HBCU Sports Lab, and Dr. Derrick E. White, author of Blood, Sweat, and Tears: Jake Gaither, Florida A&M, and the History of Black College Football and co-host of The Black Athlete Podcast.

About the author:
Born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, Dr. White earned his Ph.D. in history from The Ohio State University. He uses the lens of Black organizational life to examine the modern Black history, sports history, and intellectual history. His most recent book, Blood, Sweat, and Tears chronicles the development of black college football in the twentieth century and is among the first comprehensive histories of black college athletics. Using the biography of Alonzo “Jake” Gaither and the history of the football program at Florida A&M University (FAMU), he shows how black college football and its supporters created successful programs during segregation by relying on a network of athletic enthusiasts in the media, on campuses, and in the community. Dr. White has published articles in New Politics, The Journal of African American History, the C.L.R. James Journal, the Journal of African American Studies, and the Florida Historical Quarterly. He is co-host “The Black Athlete Podcast” with Professor Louis Moore, Grand Valley State University, and I tweet from @blackstar1906.

About the book:

Black college football began during the nadir of African American life after the Civil War. The first game occurred in 1892, a little less than four years before the Supreme Court ruled segregation legal in Plessy v. Ferguson. In spite of Jim Crow segregation, Black colleges produced some of the best football programs in the country. They mentored young men who became teachers, preachers, lawyers, and doctors--not to mention many other professions--and transformed Black communities. But when higher education was integrated, the programs faced existential challenges as predominantly white institutions steadily set about recruiting their student-athletes and hiring their coaches. Blood, Sweat, and Tears explores the legacy of Black college football, with Florida A&M's Jake Gaither as its central character, one of the most successful coaches in its history. A paradoxical figure, Gaither led one of the most respected Black college football programs, yet many questioned his loyalties during the height of the civil rights movement.

Among the first broad-based histories of Black college athletics, Derrick E. White's sweeping story complicates the heroic narrative of integration and grapples with the complexities and contradictions of one of the most important sources of Black pride in the twentieth century.

About the host:

Dr. Cavil is a prominent voice on the business and leadership of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and a specialist on the HBCU Sports Culture paradigm. He is the author of Early Athletic Experiences at HBCUs: The Creation of Conferences. From an Africana-centered framework of HBCU athletics, he teaches about consumer behavior in HBCU athletics, strategic management, vision and leadership in HBCU athletic programs, and the contextualization of critical race theory in the Sporting HBCU Diaspora. He has published research articles such as The State of Intercollegiate Athletics at Historically Black Colleges/Universities (HBCUs): Past, Present, & Persistence, completed commission studies such as HBCU (A Minimum of Nine, A Maximum of 12) Football Reclassification & New HBCU FBS Conference Formation Study, presentations such as Athletic Director’s Leadership Perception of Variable Determining the Effectiveness of Administering HBCU Athletic Programs, and a book chapter titled: The Case for Tennessee State as an expansion member o

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In this special Valentine Day's edition of Entrepreneurial Appetite's Black Book Discussions, we celebrate the day of love with a conversation between Jessie Moore, founder of Moorehouse Marketing, and Mike Johnson, author of Making The Love You Want. Donations for this event will be got to support 300 Seconds San Antonio, a nonprofit committed to ameliorating the effects of negative social conditions through impactful service.

https://www.300secondsonline.org/

About the author: A former contestant on ABC's The Bachelorette and military veteran who leverages his celebrity to teach principles of self love and service. Mike writes and speaks on how the ability to overcome stems from the power within. He is a committed mentor with the Big Brothers Big Sisters and has volunteered with 300 Seconds San Antonio.

About the facilitator: A true Texan, Jessie is a San Antonio native and currently based out of the greater Alamo city! She graduated with a Bachelors’s degree from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications, and a minor in Special Event Management from Arizona State University! Jessie is a Digital Marketing Strategist, Magazine Publisher, Creative Director, Business Owner, and Dog Mom. In addition to writing, creative branding, digital marketing strategizing, and project management, she has a passion for educating others on health + wellness and how to execute the life of your dreams.

https://www.moorehousemarketing.com/

About the Book:
"Making the Love You Want” is a guide to leveling up our lives from the inside out, through the practice of self-love. Sharing his personal journey and courageous truths, Bachelor Nation and social media luminary Mike Johnson provides tools to springboard our lives—to reflect on and rewrite the stories that have been holding us back. If you're ready to: unchain yourself from limitations and the need for external validation; use all your experiences to show up more courageously and effectively on your path to success and freedom; and develop, cultivate and integrate self-love into all areas of your life...this is the book you've been waiting for.

https://mikejohnsonsmile.com/

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In collaboration with the North Carolina A&T Atlanta Alumni Chapter, Entrepreneurial Appetite Presents a conversation with Jelani Favors, PhD, author of  the award winning Shelter in a Time of Storm: How HBCUs Fostered Generations of Leadership and Activism.

About the author:
Jelani M. Favors, Ph.D., is an associate professor of history at Clayton State University. Favors
has received major fellowships in support of his research that includes an appointment as a
Humanities Writ Large Fellow at Duke University in 2013, and he was an inaugural recipient of the Mellon HBCU Fellowship at the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke in 2009. In 2014, Favors was invited to co-teach the course, “Citizenship and Freedom: The Civil Rights Era,” alongside Pulitzer Prize winning historian Taylor Branch at the University of Baltimore. Favors’ essay, “Race Women: New Negro Politics and the Flowering of Radicalism at Bennett College, 1900-1945,” won the R.D.W. Connor Award as the best article published in the North Carolina Historical Review for 2018. The following year, his first book, “Shelter in a Time of Storm: How Black Colleges Fostered Generations of Leadership and Activism,” was published by the University of North Carolina Press.

To support the North Carolina A&T Atlanta Alumni Chapter go to: https://atlanta.ncatsualumni.org/

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This episode of Entrepreneurial Appetite's Black Book Discussions features a conversation with Calvin Williams Jr., founder of Freeman Capital--a financial planning company dedicated to providing help to "everyday people" in an effort to close the racial wealth gap at the intersection fintech, personal finance, and Black communities. Freeman Capital has recently received venture capital support from Google and Backstage Capital. As such, Calvin will also share his stories of the struggle and triumph as a Black tech entrepreneur.

If you would like to support Freeman Capital go to https://freemancapital.co/

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In this special Dreamweek edition of Entrepreneurial Appetite's Black Book Discussions, we start the new year by celebrating Black women in a conversation facilitated by Sierra Murphy with Dr. Daina Ramey Berry and Dr. Kali Nicole Gross authors of A Black Women's History of The United States. Donations for this event will got to support the Black Ex-Students of Texas (B.E.S.T) San Antonio, a group of alumni committed to providing professional and social networking events, recruitment and retention support to current and prospective students, while serving as a liaison between the University of Texas and the San Antonio Community.

About the Book:
In centering Black women’s stories, two award-winning historians seek both to empower African American women and to show their allies that Black women’s unique ability to make their own communities while combating centuries of oppression is an essential component in our continued resistance to systemic racism and sexism. Daina Ramey Berry, PhD and Kali Nicole Gross, PhD offer an examination and celebration of Black womanhood, beginning with the first African women who arrived in what became the United States to African American women of today.

A Black Women’s History of the United States reaches far beyond a single narrative to showcase Black women’s lives in all their fraught complexities. Berry and Gross prioritize many voices: enslaved women, freedwomen, religious leaders, artists, queer women, activists, and women who lived outside the law. The result is a starting point for exploring Black women’s history and a testament to the beauty, richness, rhythm, tragedy, heartbreak, rage, and enduring love that abounds in the spirit of Black women in communities throughout the nation.

Featured Entrepreneur:
https://www.relyonmiles.com/

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In this edition of Entrepreneurial Appetite's Black Book Discussions, we feature a conversation with Kendra Barnes-landlord, blogger, and wealth builder.

This month we are going to switch things up by reading a The Key Resource Blog by Kendra Barnes. Use this link to get tips on how to start or enhance your real estate journey.

https://thekeyresource.com/blog/

About Kendra:

Kendra Barnes is a full-time Real Estate Investor and founder of The Key Resource. Her real estate investments afforded her the ability to retire from the 9-5 life at the age of 32. She created The Key Resource to inspire, empower and educate people about the power of home ownership and Real Estate investment.

Her key message to anyone looking to buy a home or a rental property is: “You don’t have hit the lottery or be left an inheritance to buy property. You can start with what you have right now. You are worthy of wealth.”

Kendra was born in Virginia, raised in Texas and went to undergrad at North Carolina A&T State University. She received her Masters in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University before moving to Washington D.C.

When she's not working, or looking for her next investment, you can find her thrift shopping, baking some gluten-free goodies or binge watching Netflix with her husband.

Instagram: @thekeyresource
Twitter:@The_KeyResource
Facebook:@thekeyresource 

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In this edition of Entrepreneurial Appetite's Black Book Discussion we feature a conversation with scholar-scientist turned entrepreneur, Richelle Delia- co-founder of Housing Joint Venture.

The Housing Joint Venture model provides a viable option for addressing housing affordability and a pragmatic example of how the theory of mission-driven initiatives can be put into profitable practice. The talk sums up themes gathered as an active real estate investor-scientist. Life Liberty n' Property is the combined lessons from John & Richelle (from John's perspective) that reveals a proven framework that anyone can use to amass the real estate portfolio of their dreams.

Bio: Richelle Delia, PhD is the co-Founder of Housing Joint Venture. Housing Joint Venture is a membership community dedicated to sustainable development in urban neighborhoods. Members select from pre- vetted, value-add real estate investment opportunities that provide consistent returns and bring renewal (but not gentrification) to blighted communities. She and her co-founder grew $300,000 into a real estate portfolio worth over $2,000,000 in three years. Dr. Delia is a Fulbright scholar, globally recognized expert in building materials and real estate impact investing advocate. She lives in Columbus, OH with her husband John.
This month's featured book will be Life, Liberty n' Property by John Delia. This book, which leverages almost 10 years as a millennial real estate investor, delivers no-nonsense advice and perspectives for the modern would-be real estate investor. John Delia reveals a proven framework that anyone can use to amass the real estate portfolio of their dreams. The lessons, offered up as narratives from his own experience, give real world examples of how anyone can intimately know the real estate investing industry.

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In this installment of EA's Black Book Discussions join us for a conversation with Dr. Colette Pierce Burnette, President of Huston-Tillotson University-an HBCU and Dr. Eddie R. Cole, author of The Campus Color Line: College Presidents and the Struggle for Black Freedom

About the Book:

Some of America’s most pressing civil rights issues—desegregation, equal educational and employment opportunities, housing discrimination, and free speech—have been closely intertwined with higher education institutions. Although it is commonly known that college students and other activists, as well as politicians, actively participated in the fight for and against civil rights in the middle decades of the twentieth century, historical accounts have not adequately focused on the roles that the nation’s college presidents played in the debates concerning racism. Based on archival research conducted at a range of colleges and universities across the United States, The Campus Color Line sheds light on the important place of college presidents in the struggle for racial parity. The Campus Color Line illuminates how the legacy of academic leaders’ actions continues to influence the unfinished struggle for Black freedom and racial equity in education and beyond.

About the author:
Eddie R. Cole, Ph.D., is associate professor of higher education and organizational change at UCLA. Dr. Cole’s research focuses on college presidents’ historic role in shaping racial policies and practices both inside and outside of the educational sphere. As a scholar of higher education history, his approach in covering historical material and making connections to the current, critical context has garnered respect and praise from academics as well as intellectuals and activists beyond the academy. His finesse in using extensive, historical materials to address contemporary racial issues in higher education demonstrates the role of higher education in influencing all aspects of American life. Dr. Cole’s scholarship and public writing has also been featured in The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Chronicle of Higher Education.

About Dr. Pierce-Burnette:
Dr. Burnette, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, joined Huston-Tillotson University as president on July 1, 2015. She served as interim President at Pierce College in Puyallup, Washington; the Vice President for Administration and Chief Financial Officer, Executive Assistant to the President, Vice President for Information Technology and Services, and Chief Information Officer at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio; Dean of Information Technology at Pierce College in Lakewood, Washington; and Manager of Consulting and Project Management Services at the Washington State Department of Transportation in Olympia, Washington. Colette has combined her IQ, EQ, entrepreneurial spirit, and technical knowledge to forge successful careers in engineering, information technology, and higher education. Before transitioning into higher education, Dr. Burnette worked as a Computer Analyst at The Washington Post, an Operations Support Engineer at Proctor and Gamble, Director of Information Systems at Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp., and ran her own computer consulting firm, CompuMent.

The book can be purchased at:
https://press.princeton.edu/.../978.../the-campus-color-line

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