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Bill Perkins Sr. with his son outside of his GM dealership Bill Perkins strides across the spacious showroom floor of Detroit’s Cobo Center right on the riverfront. As the frigid January winds howl...
View ArticleHigh Velocity: Black Enterprise’s African American Auto Dealer of the Year
Game changers: March (L) and Hodge combined their dealerships to help grow a top auto group. On March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake rocked northern Japan, followed by a devastating tsunami that...
View ArticleFemale Tech Leaders Honored at “Women of Color” Event
(Image: Thinkstock) Twelve technical business leaders at Chrysler Group received honors for their career achievements at the 16th Women of Color STEM Conference held in Dallas recently. The annual...
View ArticleGoogle’s Self-Driving Car Prototype Is Here
Google's newest self-driving car isn't just an SUV with cameras tacked on; all the sensors will eventually be integrated into the body of the car. On Tuesday night at the Code Conference in California,...
View ArticleJesse Jackson’s Rainbow Push Hosts 2014 Global Automotive Summit
Today, Oct. 13, Rainbow Push is commemorating 15 years of driving ethnic inclusion in the automotive industry with this year’s Global Automotive Summit in Detroit. The initiative, backed by the Citizen...
View ArticleAutomotive Industry Celebrates Diversity
The National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers (NAMAD) and IHS Automotive just announced the nominees for their inaugural Diversity Volume Leadership Awards. Preceding the North American...
View ArticleFormer Pittsburgh Pirates First Baseman Owns the Third Largest Black-Owned...
As leader at a top black-owned car dealership for the past decade or so, Dorian Boyland is not your ordinary auto dealer. Most dealerships are judged by how many vehicles they sell or how much revenue...
View ArticleNBA Legend Vinnie Johnson’s Piston Group Acquires Marion Industries
Former Detroit Pistons player and NBA Champion Vincent “Vinnie” Johnson has acquired Marion Industries. Vincent Johnson known as “The Microwave” was a key player coming off the bench as the sixth man...
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