MahoganyBooks is challenging this historic neighborhood to write a new chapter in community education and service by setting up shop in the four-year-old Anacostia Arts Center at 1231 Good Hope Road.
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Mented Cosmetics Is The Black-Owned Brand Making Nude Lipstick Anything But Basic | Essence
Two Harvard Business School graduates talk about the realities of starting a cosmetics business created for and by Black women.
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Why This New Orleans Yoga Studio Plans to Expand into West Africa | Shoppe Black
Adrianne “Ajax” Jackson is the owner of the Only Black owned Yoga studio in New Orleans.
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This Unique NYC Marketplace Is A New One Stop Shop For Products Created For And By Black Women | Essence
Black women continue to represent the fastest growing group of entrepreneurs in the United States and the innovative ladies behind NYC’s new Uptown Underground marketplace are on a mission to turn that statistic into a thriving force.
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Baltimore Business Owners Making Plans for Black Restaurant Week | AFRO
A group of several African-American restaurateurs and Radio One hope to change that with the creation of the Urban Life Restaurant Week, scheduled to take place between Jan. 26 and Feb. 4.
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Teri Johnson’s Harlem Candle Company Celebrates History | The Network Journal
Candle sales in the U.S. are estimated at roughly $2.3 billion. So it’s not a bad business to be in. Travel and lifestyle expert Teri Johnson found this out when she founded the Harlem Candle Company in September 2014.
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This 17-Year Old Black Entrepreneur’s Beauty Brand is Worth Almost $500K — And She Has More Than 40 Different Products! | Black Business.org
Zandra Cunningham, the founder and CEO of Zandra’s Beauty, an all-natural skincare line, started her company when she was just 9-years old. Now, at age 17, her Buffalo, New York-based company has more than 40 products and is worth almost $500,000.
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Black Entrepreneurs to Open Store for Breast Cancer Survivors | The Washington Informer
Breast cancer survivors across the region will no longer have to travel far to feel beautiful.
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The Daughter of the First African-American to Build a Billion-Dollar Company Is Creating Opportunities for Black Boys | Atlanta Black Star
Intent on leading more Black and Latino high school boys to the coding dance floor, New York City activist Christina Lewis Halpern created All Star Code.
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6 Black-Owned Creameries Whose Tasty Treats Will Keep You Cool This Summer | Atlanta Black Star
“Goodies” brands itself as Washington, D.C.’s first and only “Vintage Mobile Eatery” paying homage to the 1950’s rock n’ roll era.
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