Howard University graduate Tahir Murray, recognized early on that the fashion industry would be his path to generational wealth. Murray, 26, could see the signs clearly, having grown up in the family business, Von’s Sneakers, which later became the famed School of Hard Knocks. This retail store in New York City, which opened in 1970, became the first Black-owned shop in the country to obtain a license to distribute Nike products. Over the years, it evolved into a cultural movement, where Murray quietly absorbed the blueprint for building a lasting legacy.
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Spelman College just made the controversial decision to get rid of its competitive sports programs and trade them in for a general health and wellness philosophy.
Renowned sculptor and Professor Frank Eugene Tobias Martin II of Atlanta, Ga., pictured with his mother Laura B. Martin of Lauderhill, Fla.