On Thursday, Walker as president of the Ford Foundation and Elizabeth Alexander, president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, shepherded a $30 million deal to buy the photo archive of America's most iconic Black magazines. A judge in Chicago approved the sale as part of an auction to pay off secured creditors of the Johnson Publishing Company, which sold the magazines three years ago. ... read more »

Mellody Hobson receives Bakewell-Bremond Pioneer of African American Achievement Award ... read more »

Gala event takes place Friday December 7, 2018 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel. ... read more »

Mellody Hobson, President of Ariel Investments to be Recognized as This Year's Distinguished Honoree, Friday December 7, at The Beverly Hilton Hotel.  ... read more »

More than 100 civic and community leaders joined Mellody Hobson and George Lucas at the groundbreaking for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art which is the largest public gift ever given to a municipality. ... read more / watch video »

Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas mentions how having the Lucas Museum promotes arts and culture ... read more / watch video »

At the Lucas Museum press conference, City Council President Herb Wesson explains how narrative art plays a major role in civil rights and American history ... read more / watch video »

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will be a place of education innovation and creativity for the children in the community. ... read more / watch video »

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti talks about how the new museum will provide jobs and bring a vibrant upgrade to exposition park ... read more / watch video »

Legendary filmmaker George Lucas who introduced movie lovers to Star Wars and Indiana Jones, along with his wife Mellody Hobson, received overwhelming approval from the Los Angeles City Council for the construction of the Legendary filmmaker George Lucas who introduced movie lovers to Star Wars and Indiana Jones, along with his wife Mellody Hobson, received overwhelming approval from the Los Angeles City Council for the construction of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art (LMNA). ... read more »

George Lucas and wife Mellody Hobson speak on Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opening in South L.A. ... read more / watch video »

Earlier this year, Chicago snubbed the opportunity to become the home of the future Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, forcing the prolific movie director George Lucas and his wife Mellody Hobson to consider other locations, namely, Treasure Island in the Bay Area and Exposition Park in South LA. ... read more »

The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to issue a resolution declaring Exposition Park as the ideal location for a museum planned by the legendary filmmaker George Lucas. ... read more »

Lucas is a graduate of USC, and both he and Hobson are esteemed leaders and supporters of the university and its diverse community ... read more »

The Hart Leadership Center Foundation held its inaugural Los Angeles Black Business Leaders Hall of Fame induction event on Thursday, July 21, at the Huntington Library in San Marino, CA. ... read more »