‘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
OneUnited Bank, Largest Black Owned Bank Introduces Solidarity Card For Black History Month
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — OneUnited Bank, the largest Black owned bank and first and only Black owned digital bank in the country, is proud to introduce its new Solidarity Card for Black History Month. Last year, OneUnited
This Real Estate Investor Launched Chicago’s First Black-Owned Bank, Binga State Bank
Real estate investor Jesse Binga became one of the wealthiest Black men in Chicago in the early 1900s. The Detroit native arrived in Chicago with $10 in his pockets. A few years later, he created a successful real estate empire
Power Couple Launches Black-Owned Real Estate Brokerage to Help More Families Find a Home
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedIn Meet Calvin and Ro’Shunda Russell, founders of Park Place Realty Group, LLC, a Black-owned real estate brokerage that is helping families qualify for homeownership.The self-taught duo, who launched the company earlier this year,
Comcast RISE Awards More Than 20 Black-Owned Small Businesses in South Florida
[SOUTH FLORIDA] – Two dozen Black-owned small businesses in Broward and Miami-Dade Counties have been selected among the first round of Comcast RISE award recipients. Comcast RISE will help thousands of small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic over the
Black-Owned Tech Start Up Revolutionizes Home Inspection Industry
New York, NY — A new, innovative Baltimore-based tech start-up called AfterrHome is changing the way the world views the home inspection industry by using Artificial Intelligence to help prospective buyers and sellers book and facilitate home inspections. From its
Black SuperPac Urges Candidates, Parties to Spend Millions with Black Businesses
One of America’s leading Black conservative political action committee has instituted a national effort to help Black-owned businesses earn some of the billions of dollars spent during America’s political campaigns as the 2020 election year hits the home stretch. BlakPAC,
Fintech Equality Coalition Engages Black Fintech CEOs
Frequently, questions about diversity in fintech center on gender diversity, and that gender diversity means “white women.” When any organization is predominantly white, it tends to focus on attracting customers who look like its employees and leadership—white ones, though that’s
This woman is behind the first Black-owned tax franchise system in U.S. giving businesses financial freedom
Alniesha Carter is the first Black woman to own a tax franchise business in the United States. The tax franchise business, TaxPrep Evolution Inc. (TPE), is already making significant impacts in the country, according to Blackbusiness. Carter has been in
Black-owned firms to launch first affordable-housing REIT
MacFarlane Partners CEO Victor MacFarlane and Avanath Capital Management CEO Daryl Carter (Photos via MacFarlane Partners and Avanath Capital) Two of the largest minority-owned real estate investment firms in the country are teaming up to launch what they say is