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#BuyBlack: 25 Black Businesses to Support on Black Friday | OkayAfrica

November 25, 2016November 22, 2018#BuyBlack, African American Commuities ...

This is our fifth gift guide in the run-up to the holidays. Keep checking for more lists of great African products here. And for more ideas check out the Okayafrica Shop.

Black retailer put heart, soul into top-shelf shoe store

October 14, 2016November 21, 2016African American Entrepreneurs, African American News ...

As the owner of the Center City’s destination men’s shoe store, Steve Jamison could easily marvel about the path he took before opening Blue Sole Shoes. The North Philly native recalled a childhood eating government-issued cheese and patching up holes in the bottom of his sneakers.

For Some African-Americans, Efforts To #BuyBlack Present Challenges

September 21, 2016#BuyBlack, African American Entrepreneurs ...

The idea of black capitalism goes back many decades. Civil rights activists Booker T. Washington and Marcus Garvey advocated African-Americans creating and doing business with their own to build wealth in their community.

How African American Entrepreneurs Can Power the Economy

August 4, 2016African American Entrepreneurs, Black Businesses ...

New business creation is down in general, but up among African Americans.

Melanin on Market Pop Up Festival Celebrates African American Business, Culture

July 29, 2016African American Entrepreneurs, Black Businesses ...

Melanin on Market – a celebration of African American business and culture on the 200 and 300 blocks of Market street – kicked off Thursday, and runs through Saturday.