(News One) — The founder of Black Entertainment Television is warning Democrats that pushing Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) out of leadership means losing black voters. Robert L. Johnson sent a letter to the House leadership and the Congressional Black Caucus underscoring why Clyburn should be whip over House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.). To […]
(Capital Business Staff Reports) — Bethesda-based Urban Trust Bank, a minority-controlled bank founded by BET founder Robert L. Johnson, has teamed up with a church group to offer a Visa-branded prepaid card as part of the “dfree” financial literacy program. Dfree, which stands for Debt, Delinquency and Deficit Free” was created in 2005 by DeForest […]
(PRNewswire) — Urban Trust Bank®, FSB (“UTB”), a minority controlled bank founded by Robert L. Johnson and Frank J. Hanna, and Dr. DeForest B. Soaries, Jr., the Senior Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens in Somerset, New Jersey, have partnered to deliver a Visa® branded prepaid card as part of the dfree™ […]
(washingtonpost.com) — As an entrepreneur, I know firsthand the challenges minority entrepreneurs face. I also know the talent, dedication, determination and vision that minority entrepreneurs possess in their desire to become a part of and a contributor to the American Dream. But the simple fact of economic reality in America is that minority Americans are […]
(Tampa Bay Biz Journal) — Black Entertainment Television founder Robert L. Johnson is making his mark in Tampa’s downtown, purchasing the Embassy Suites Hotel across from the convention center in Hillsborough County’s biggest deal since 2007. RLJ III – EM Tampa DT LLC, a recently established corporation tied to Johnson’s The RLJ Cos. in Bethesda, […]
(PRNewswire) — Robert L. Johnson, founder and chairman of The RLJ Companies testified today before the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship. Addressing the obstacles and opportunities that face minority small business owners in today’s economy, Johnson called upon the Committee to address two philosophical issues that must be addressed before capital can […]