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Pandemic Success Story: Everybody Eats PDX Brings Black-Owned Dining Back to the Pearl
Courtesy of Everybody Eats PDX Last year, while making my first visit to Everybody Eats PDX, I drove around the parking lot for nearly 20 minutes trying to find a sign or entrance for the new soul food spot. Eventually, I poked my head inside the Oriental Value Food […] Click here to view original […]
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Woman Entrepreneur Debuts First Ever Black-Owned Plant Fertilizer Brand
Alexis Sims, founder and CEO of Leaf Me , an online houseplant boutique, has announced her biggest accomplishment yet since she launched back in March 2020 . Her company has just released the first-ever Black-owned plant fertilizer brand. Leaf Me began as an answer to a social barrier that […] Click here to view original […]
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Pearl Milling Company Launches P.E.A.R.L. Pledge, A Multi-year Program To Help Uplift Black Women & Girls Across America
CHICAGO, May 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Pearl Milling Company, maker of the 132-year-old pancake mix and syrup products previously found under the Aunt Jemima name, today announced its community funding initiative as part of the brand’s commitment to support the Black community. P.E.A.R.L. Pledge is a multi-year program focused […] Click here to view original […]
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Surprise: Bronzeville Beer Makers Are Planning Not One, But Two Taprooms
Turner Haus Brewery has picked Bronzeville for its upcoming taproom, a culmination of nearly nearly nine years of work. They plan to launch their taproom inside the 92-year-old Rosenwald Court Apartments at 78 E. 47th Street, according to the Sun-Times . What’s more, the Turner Haus team is partnering […] Click here to view original […]
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Black and minority-owned business: The road to recovery
An August 2020 Federal Reserve Board report painted a dire portrait of the effects of COVID-19 on minority-owned business, especially in Black communities. Among all small businesses, the number of active business owners fell by 22% from February to April 2020, the largest drop on record. But the racial […] Click here to view original […]
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Mangrove True Story: What Happened To The Real Mangrove Nine
Mangrove tells the true story of the Mangrove Nine and inevitably has to leave out a lot of the details, especially what happened after the events of the film. Mangrove is based on an important historical moment that was a turning point for Black British and West Indian immigrants […] Click here to view original […]
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Oklahoma Governor Signs Anti-Critical Race Theory Bill Into Law, Activists Call for His Removal From Tulsa Race Massacre Commission
Photo: Alex Wong (Getty Images) During Black History Month, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt tweeted, “We can never forget the tragedy that happened 100 years ago,” in reference to the 1921 race massacre in Tulsa, Okla. On Friday, the same governor signed into law a bill that prohibits K-12 schools […] Click here to view original […]
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Wells Fargo Backs Five Black-Owned Banks
Wells Fargo has made equity investments in five African-American Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs) as part of its 2020 pledge to commit $50 million to black-owned banks. These bring its total investments to 11 MDIs to date, following investments into six MDIs announced in February. The latest institutions to receive […] Click here to view original […]
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10 Celebrity & Black-Owned Marijuana Brands
Source: Monogram / MONOGRAM Now that marijuana is finally being legalized in numerous states across the U.S., the legal marijuana business is booming. Naturally the business is mostly occupied by white business men looking to make coin off the culture, but there are some Black and Brown-owned brands that […] Click here to view original […]
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Black Businesses Once Thrived Here. Is a Revival Coming?
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — There wasn’t much reason to leave the neighborhood. That’s what people remember about Soria City, one of Gulfport’s historic Black communities, during the mid-20th century. There was a taxi stand, a hotel, a movie theater and a laundromat. There were restaurants, nightclubs and grocery stores, […] Click here to view original […]