Yesterday's Architects Jane Johnson Endsley: The Woman Who Brought Dallas to Its Knees — Then Fueled It Born enslaved in East Texas, she built a 100-acre farm, accidentally killed a white man who stole from her, walked free, and then built one of the largest coal and fuel businesses in Dallas history. She did all of it without ever learning to read or write. By BEB Editors • 10 min read
Today's Builders The $27 Billion Question Nobody Was Answering When the federal government allocated the largest climate investment in American history, the communities it was designed for had almost no one at the table who could actually close the deal. Trenton Allen had spent a decade making sure that changed. By BEB Editors • 9 min read
Yesterday's Architects Elizabeth A. Gloucester: The Richest Black Woman in America Nobody Taught You About She started with secondhand clothing, built a real estate empire across Brooklyn and Manhattan, funded John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, and hosted Frederick Douglass in her home. The New York Times never ran her obituary — until 136 years after her death. By BEB Editors • 11 min read
Today's Builders The Man Who Held Detroit's Deals Together When Nobody Else Could For twelve years, George W. Jackson Jr. ran the organization that negotiated the transactions that kept Detroit in the game — through a financial crisis, an auto industry collapse, and the largest municipal bankruptcy in American history. Then he left public service and built his own firm. By BEB Editors • 9 min read
The Pulse Tinubu Goes to Downing Street, the SEC Rewrites the Crypto Taxonomy, and Treasury Wants Banks to Start Lending Again The Black Executive Journal — Afternoon Edition | Thursday, March 19, 2026 By BEB Editors • 8 min read
News Liquidity Is the New Rate Cut — And Capital Will Follow the Short End The Black Executive Journal — Morning Edition | Thursday, March 19, 2026 By BEB Editors • 8 min read
Featured Stories The World Changed and Nobody Told You Western Dominance Ended in 2000. Here's Why That Matters for Every Black Executive Building a Business Right Now. By Noah Carmichael • 6 min read
Featured Series The System Is Broken: An IMF Insider's Warning Every Black Executive Needs to Hear Black Executive Journal | Global Markets & Capital | Week 1 of 6 — "Building the 21st Century" Series By Noah Carmichael • 6 min read
The Pulse Nigeria Rewrites Its AML Playbook, Latin America Unlocks $25 Billion in New Capital, and Ripple Bets Big on Brazil The Black Executive Journal — Afternoon Edition | Tuesday, March 17, 2026 By BEB Editors • 9 min read
Corporate Stress and the Black Executive: What Has Changed Since 1982? A 1982 New York Times Magazine feature documented the pressures facing the first generation of Black corporate leaders. Four decades later, representation has improved, but the deeper question remains: have the institutions of corporate power actually changed? By Noah Carmichael • 9 min read
The Pulse The Fed Meets, the PPI Drops, and the World Is Watching — Here Is What Moves Markets This Week The Black Executive Journal — Morning Edition | Tuesday, March 17, 2026 By BEB Editors • 7 min read
source: curlmix.com Featured Stories Beyond the Pitch Deck: How Kim Lewis and Dawn Dickson Rewrote the Rules of Growth Capital The Black Executive Journal™ — Today's Builders By Noah Carmichael • 20 min read
