“What I always say is if you give them a hand up, they’ll lift us up.” For nearly 40 years, Mel Smith worked at UPS, working his way up the corporate ladder to becoming a division leader. He already had…
Juneteenth is an annual holiday on June 19 commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. It marks the day in 1865 when Union soldiers landed at Galveston, Texas, and began enforcement of President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, which…
The MARCH Foundation announced a gift of $75,000 to provide scholarships for students participating in Elizabeth City State University’s new “Take Flight Careers Pathways Program.” Elizabeth City State University is a Historically Black College and University, the only four-year aviation…
MARCH Foundation recognizes the importance of Women’s History Month. While less than 1% of pilots in the U.S. are Black women, UPS is helping to diversify the skies. Click to read the full story here.
The book Black Voices from Big Brown: Untold Stories of African Americans at UPS can be purchased by clicking here.