America’s only Black-owned ice cream brand mixes real baked good into its Southern food-inspired pints
Ice cream is one of America’s favorite desserts, and the frozen aisle absolutely reflects that. Don’t believe it? Walk into any grocery store and head to the ice cream section. Now more than ever, there’s a huge range of flavors
Black-owned businesses look to the FDA to protect them
What many of us have dreamed about for the past
Beyond a monument: Creating change for local Black communities
On March 23, the Vance Monument on Pack Square, dedicated
How Comedian Jon Laster Built the Ultimate Tool for Finding and Supporting Black-Owned Businesses
Last June, surrounded by thousands of fellow New Yorkers angered by the latest brutal display of pervasive racism in America, Jon Laster took to the streets to protest the police killing of George Floyd. He marched along Eastern Parkway in
August is National Black Business Month
August 1st kicks off National Black Business month. And although
‘40 acres and a mall’: How community ownership models can preserve economic power in Black neighborhoods
In the famous post-Civil War initiative known as “40 acres and a mule,” Union General William T. Sherman promised newly freed Black households the one thing most necessary for sustaining their freedom: land. As Black minister Garrison Frazier told Sherman,
Black-owned small business grant vital for representation: Calgary entrepreneur
Six years ago, while working abroad in the African country
Route 66 and ‘Green Book’ sites receive restoration grants
A family-owned gas station on historic Route 66 and a
Black Investment Fund offering business grants
Jul. 17—ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The city of Albuquerque’s $1 million program aimed at helping the local Black community is open for applications — at least through Monday. Administrators are using a portion of the city-supported Black Investment Fund for grants
