Posts Tagged ‘Minority business’

Minorities & the wage gap

by Lisa Monti Published: March 22,2013

Tags: black-owned businesses, Marianne Hill, Minority business, Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, wage gap

The gap between what black and white Mississippi workers earn is still substantial, despite 25 years of advances for African American Mississippians. That’s the bottom line of a report on the economic status of African Americans in the state by Dr. Marianne Hill, senior economist at the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning. Blacks make up [...] [...]

Out of Oxford and to Africa

by Laura Smith Published: March 21,2010

Tags: african safari trip, African Wildcat Adventure Safaris, eco-tourism and photography safaris, Kenya, Minority business, Rwanda and Tanzania, Uganda

Mississippi couple runs successful safari business On an African safari trip last year, Warigia Bowman and her family came a little too close for comfort to wildlife when an elephant charged the vehicle they were traveling in. Luckily, her husband knew what to do to quickly get the family out of her harm’s way. His [...] [...]

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