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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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Black Farmer in SC Wants New Land to Be ‘A Place to Heal’
Sadia Pollard at their farm in Lugoff, South Carolina on Saturday, June 19, 2021. Pollard is raising money on Go Fund Me to help build the farm, which Pollard plans on using as an educational space in addition to growing food. The 24-year-old Black farmer runs Prosper Farm, where […] 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 […]