48-year old Kiko Davis is the majority stockholder of Detroit-based First Independence Bank, one of the top 10 largest Black-owned banks in the United States. This makes her the only Black woman in the country who owns a bank.
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READ: How America Criminalizes Impoverished People of Color | Colorlines
The New Republic breaks down how policy and practice punish the least resourced among us.
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Fighting extreme discrimination, they became America’s first black millionaires | The Washington Post
“They remind us that African Americans do not lack the desire or ability to work or build businesses and wealth…”
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Billion-Dollar Legacy: Reginald F. Lewis’ Incredible Life Story Comes to Film | The Root
“I think his legacy is that he opened doors and he created hope where it didn’t necessarily exist…”
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[UNSUNG SHEROES] Beauty Pioneer Annie Turnbo Malone Opens Doors for Others | Ebony
Before Madame CJ Walker, there was the woman who taught her the rules of success and it’s time her story was told.
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The Shame Is Not Ours: Black America, Poverty and the War on Drugs | The Root
Poverty, police and prisons—for too many black, brown and indigenous communities, where you find one, you find the others.
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How it became a crime to be poor in America | The Guardian
In the United States, a system of modern peonage – essentially, a government-run loan shark operation – has been going on for years
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Couples Inc. : Beauty Supply Store Owners, Quintin & Megan Lathan – Shoppe Black
After all the conversations about how too few Black people are involved in the beauty supply industry, we were glad to learn about Quintin and Megan Lathan. They own Beauty Plus, a beauty supply store in Baltimore.
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10 Thriving Black Towns You Didn’t Learn About In History Class – Atlanta Black Star
African American innovations were not touched upon enough by our history teachers.
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Influencers: Millionaire Bill Pickard on Strategy, Vision and Keeping Black Dollars at Home – Ebony
To be successful, you’ve got to visualize it, says the millionaire mogul, and he describes what he means in his new book.
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