Dr. D’Wayne Edwards Releases First Shoe From U.S. Black-Owned Footwear Factory

Written by on September 26, 2023

Dr. D’Wayne Edwards is paving the way for the future of Black creatives.

As the founder of Pensole Lewis College of Business & Design, the country’s first Historically Black College and University (HBCU) to reopen, Edwards wants to change the narrative for Black footwear designers.

In 2022, Edwards founded one of the first Black-owned athletic footwear factories in the U.S. through a partnership with Designer . . .



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