UpwardAction Salutes Fashion Icon Ann Lowe

Ann Lowe was a fashion icon and African American fashion designer who in 1953 designed Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' wedding dress for her marriage to John F. Kennedy.  A trailblazer, Ms. Lowe opened “Ann Lowe Originals” inside the Saks Fifth Ave department store on Madison Avenue in New York in the…
UpwardAction Celebrates Shelia Crump Johnson

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

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 Travers J. Bell, Jr.

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…