About JC

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James Covington has pioneered wealth-creation strategies for African Americans.  Covington’s focus on wealth-creation for the African American community puts him at the forefront of a movement that is advancing the African American community from a focus on Civil Rights to “Silver Rights” (i.e. wealth creation).  Covington believes that Wealth creation is the most important issue facing African Americans today, and he is engaging national movement to help African Americans begin new ventures that are focused on creating wealth. 

As a standard-bearer of this new Silver Rights movement, Covington is helping to shepherd African Americans through the shift from Civil Rights to Silver Rights.  In leading the Silver Rights movement, Covington holds workshops and conferences that provoke new thinking and move African American entrepreneurs to action.  Not a mere motivational speaker, Covington focuses on real strategies while offering genuine business opportunities to African Americans.

Covington perceives the wealth creation issue as an outgrowth of the Civil Rights movement, the next logical step for the African American community.  Covington represents the new century’s Silver Rights leadership.

Covington’s experiences in the corporate world shaped his efforts as an entrepreneur.  After serving a tour of duty in the US Army, Covington spent eight years refining his sales, marketing and management expertise at a major electrical utility company.  With these experiences, Covington entered the technology space, as the Executive Vice President and co-owner of a software development company.  He has shared his insights and experiences as a university instructor.   

For over twenty-five years, Covington has had a singular focus on entrepreneurship.  His work with the business organization COBE (Creating Opportunities for Black Enterprises), his quarter century of entrepreneurial success, and his commitment to wealth creation makes clear that Covington brings the expertise necessary to help the African American community move from Civil Rights to Silver Rights.