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UpwardAction Celebrates Shelia Crump Johnson

Sheila Crump Johnson is a successful American entrepreneur, television and film producer. Keep reading for 10 Facts about this trailblazer and African American business leader. 10 Facts About Shelia Crump Johnson 1. Ms. Johnson was born on January 25, 1949 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. 2. Her father, a neurosurgeon who worked…

UpwardAction Salutes Cathy Hughes

Media Mogul, Cathy Hughes was born in 1947 to Helen Jones, a trombonist and her father Alfred Woods. She grew up with her family in the Logan Fontenelle Housing projects in Omaha, Nebraska - where her father worked while studying for an accounting degree at Creighton University. He proudly became…

UpwardAction Salutes R. Donahue Peebles

Roy Donahue “Don” Peebles is a real-estate entrepreneur, author and political activist. He was born on March 2, 1960 to a teen-aged, working class mother as her only son. Mr. Peebles was a smart and savvy teen who worked and networked his way to becoming one of the country's wealthiest…

UpwardAction Salutes Travers J. Bell, Jr.

Travers J. Bell, Jr. was born in 1946 and grew up in the Ida B. Wells public housing project on the south side of Chicago. He set a goal of owning an investment bank and he made it happen. Mr. Bell began his career as a messenger in the Chicago…