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Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at the Black Conservative Federation’s Annual BCF Honors Gala at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center in Columbia, S.C., Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Trump claimed he has a shared experience with Black […]

Editor’s note: On February 19, Brookings hosted an event discussing the report. Watch the video. “Our ice is just as cold.” This expression, heard in corners of Black neighborhoods to articulate the choice between a Black-owned business and a white one, reminds customers that racism distorts our sense of quality. In a more perfect union, […]

There are great inequities in entrepreneurship — as with so many other aspects of life in the United States. One of the most obvious examples of this is that business owners of color — as well as women business owners and other overlooked entrepreneurial communities — are not able to access the same financial resources […]

Generations of Black business owners have had to fight discrimination to prosper in America, but a new study suggests that these entrepreneurs are now gaining more support in parts of the country when they make their presence known. The study, coauthored by Harvard Business School Professor Michael Luca, Abhay Aneja at the University of California-Berkeley, […]

Owner of Bodies by Perseverance, Courtney Samuel, right, works with client Regina Jackson, on a functional trainer machine during a full workout at the gym in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. When Courtney Samuel, who was born and raised in Denver, recalls adolescent memories with his father, he thinks of construction. […]

This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with Renee Marant, a 21-year-old college student attending Temple University at the school’s Japan campus. The essay has been edited for length and clarity. Me and Japan go way back. Since I was about 9, I was super interested in anime. When I was younger, I […]

What You Need to Know as a Young, Black Startup Founder  HBR.org Daily Source link

On June 4, the reverend Al Sharpton appeared at the first public memorial for George Floyd and delivered a stirring eulogy, one that served as a . . .

Meet America’s Black billionaires They’re entertainers, media moguls, elite athletes, music artists, tech tycoons, and investors. Stacker compiled a list of the 10 richest Black Americans using data from Forbes. Individuals were ranked by their overall wealth ranking, with the richest person taking the #1 spot. America’s Black billionaires represent an array of industries and […]

A Black-owned business fair isn’t out of the ordinary, right? It’s Black History Month and businesses owned by Black entrepreneurs are historically underrepresented . . .