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Media mogul Byron Allen pays $70M for Michigan TV station WJRT
After taking on General Motors and other automakers, media mogul Byron Allen is expanding his presence in Michigan, his home state. On Wednesday, Allen’s company, Allen Media Group, announced it would pay $70 million to buy WJRT from Gray Television. WJRT is the ABC affiliate in Flint-Saginaw. This deal […] Click here to view original […]
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Megachurch pastor pays $200k in reparations to Tulsa Massacre survivors
Megachurch pastor pays $200k in reparations to Tulsa Massacre survivors (STIRR, SBG) BIXBY, Okla. (WKRC) – The pastor of a megachurch has issued $200,000 reparation payments each to the three living survivors of the Tulsa Massacre. In 1921, a white mob attacked Black Tulsa residents and destroyed their homes […] Click here to view original […]
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Building Black-Owned Businesses In Mississippi
HPC founder Tim Lampkin at the site of the future regional community wealth hub, set to open in June … [+] To address the racial wealth gap resulting from institutional racism and under-investment in Black communities, social entrepreneur Tim Lampkin started Higher Purpose Co. in 2016. Now his team […] Click here to view original […]
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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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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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This week: UA history tour, UAFS homecoming, and NWA Black-Owned Business Expo
Here’s a look at a few event happening in our area this week! UA Honors College Forum Leads to Tour Exploring Black History on Campus On Wednesday, February 24, ten University of Arkansas Honors College students will lead a tour on campus, exploring black history. Silas Hunt Hall, Greek […] Click here to view original […]
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Focus on Black-owned businesses: 7th Floor Clothing’s success boosted by boldness, timing and a hat-wearing guy named LeBron
Preston Clark and Frank Miller III have been friends since they were kids. As adults, they also are business partners, including doing tax preparation. But they are better known as the owners of 7th Floor Clothing , an Akron fashion business that makes T-shirts, hats, hoodies, a brand-new line […] Click here to view original […]
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9 Black Women-Owned Lingerie Brands To Shop For Valentine’s Day And Beyond
The browser does not support the specified video codec Source: Images Courtesy of Liberté / Images Courtesy of Liberté If you’re like me, nothing boosts your confidence quite like your mate’s reaction when you surprise him or her in some sexy lingerie . Garters, thigh highs, lace, oh my! […] Click here to view original […]
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15 Black-owned menswear brands and retailers you should get to know
Denim Tears, Telfar, TIER, UNION LOS ANGELES, Martine Rose, Connor McKnight, Fear of God; Alyssa Powell/INSIDER When you buy through our links, we may earn money from our affiliate partners. Learn more. Black-owned businesses are gaining more visibility as America reassesses the brands we support and invest in. This […] Click here to view original […]