Change by design: Kitty Black Perkins, the SC woman who styled ‘Black Barbie’
Perkins retired from Mattel in 2004 as chief designer of fashions and doll concepts for Barbie.
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Black History Month
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Greenville’s Black baseball history receives long overdue recognition
Baseball has been a cornerstone of the Greenville community for over 100 years.
Jones launches Six Nineteen, seeks ‘to leave a legacy’
Six Nineteen is the first Black-woman-owned spirit business in Greenville and the third Black-owned spirit in South Carolina.
Glenis Redmond, Greenville’s poet laureate, ‘gathers people to tell stories’
Glenis Redmond devotes four to five hours a day to writing poetry.
Habitat Greenville CEO LaTonya Phillips reflects on ‘work that matters’
This is the first in a series of profiles of community leaders running in the Greenville Journal during Black History Month.
Greenville’s chief diversity officer builds relationships, fosters potential
Bryant Davis believes public service is a calling only a select few will hear.
Charles Davis Jr. inspires confidence as elementary principal, business owner
This is the third in a series of stories running in February on emerging Black leaders in the Greenville community.
Natasha Pitts strives to be part of something bigger: Emerging leaders for Black History Month
Natasha Pitts serves as Greenville Chamber of Commerce vice president of diversity and economic inclusion.
City of Greenville, Greenlink to host Black History Month bus tours
The free tours will highlight the history and significance of 11 sites located throughout the city.
Fields brings empathy learned through adversity to Greenville Habitat: Emerging Leaders
Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1986, Joseph Fields was barely 2 years old when his father was murdered.
New to painting, Allison Ford takes a vibrant approach to family history
“Having the freedom to go where I want to creatively is so relaxing to me." - Allison Ford
Gail Wilson Awan and Urban League of the Upstate will keep passing it on
"We're a small organization with a big mission," Gail Wilson Awan says, as she walks down the second-floor hallway of the historic McClaren Medical Center. "A year ago, we were looking for our niche."
Black History Month: Artist Daydrielane Osorio finds ferocity in the fragile
Daydrielane Osorio was born in Jamaica, where her father ran a photography studio.
The overlooked history of Greenville’s Black business district
A couple of buildings are all that’s left of Greenville’s historically overlooked Black business district, which once spanned roughly eight blocks off Main Street.
Black History Month: Jarrod Covington views Prisma Health Family YMCA as a conduit for togetherness
When Jarrod Covington came to Greenville County in May of 2021, he found a receptive community with a well-established YMCA.