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Decades before movie moguls produced celluloid heroes, oil claimed the spotlight in Los Angeles. California’s oil industry took off in the mid-1870s just 30 miles north of what would later become Hollywood Boulevard. By the 1920s, the Los Angeles Basin had become the state’s leading oil-producing region as prospectors frenetically developed one oil-rich deposit after another. The rush to drill triggered explosions, fires and gushers that unleashed torrents of oil, rocks and debris in the fastest-growing metropolitan region in the country. Kern County long ago eclipsed Los Angeles as the center of California oil production. Yet today, more than 60…

CASPER, Wyo. — Eric Bischoff has lived a thousand lifetimes. He knows what it means to struggle. He also knows what it means to succeed. He’s thrived, and he’s survived. Like another pro wrestling legend and close friend of Bischoff’s used to say, he’s “dined with kings and queens, and dined on pork ‘n beans.” Eric Bischoff has done it all and, at the end of the day, there’s only one word that comes to his mind when reflecting on his life and career: Grateful. He’s grateful for all of it. He’s grateful he was the one man who was…

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This week’s CIAA basketball tournament is bringing big opportunities for Black-owned businesses in Baltimore. Visit Baltimore, the city’s tourism organization, is celebrating the city’s rich Black culture and navigating paths for visitors to explore.”Folks come here and enjoy the basketball but they also enjoy our small businesses, especially our Black-owned businesses in Baltimore,” said Al Hutchinson, the President & CEO of Visit Baltimore. “It really uplifts the community. It gets people excited about coming out and supporting the student athletes.” The CIAA is the oldest Black athletics conference in the country. Its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments run through March 1.  Celebrating BaltimoreBaltimore…

FLINT, MI– Want to support a black-owned business in your area? Check out our statewide database.The database was created as black business owners try to find solid ground as the state slowly reopens local economies and protests for racial equality have erupted around the world.Sorry, but your browser does not support frames. Browser does not support frames. To do a search click the magnifying glass icon at the bottom and type in exact address.If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to…

From Visit Natchez: NATCHEZ, Miss. – The bombing of George Metcalfe’s car on Aug. 27, 1965, was meant to kill him and cripple with fear the Black community. Instead, it became a tragedy that galvanized the Black community and led to one of the most successful civil rights movements in the South. George Metcalfe (Courtesy: Visit Natchez) “The bomb that shook the earth below Metcalfe’s Chevrolet shook the black community out of its dormancy,” said Jack E. Davis in his book, “Race Against Time” (Louisiana State University Press, 2001). This week, on the 58th anniversary of Metcalfe’s bombing, local residents…

Brandon Barnes Credit: Photo by Ashley Lauren Local fashion designer endures through setbacks, uncertain times Stay in the know. Sign up for our newsletter!Get your daily dose of community news, info, events, exclusive deals and more! Local fashion designer Brandon Barnes is the CEO and designer of Dauren fashion label that launched online in 2018. His line is currently one of the local businesses showcased at the Mall of America’s (MOA) Community Commons. “What we have to offer here at the Community Commons is an experience, to look at our unique products, to have these encounters with us, understand our…

Carlos F. Hurd, the reporter for the Post-Dispatch, wrote in the archived article that he was appalled by the casualness with which white mobs roamed East St. Louis and stoned Black men who had their “hands raised, pleading for life.” He witnessed a Black man, “almost dead from a savage shower of stones,” hanged with a clothesline. When that broke, the mob hanged him with a rope.A group of white women beat a group of Black women with sticks and stones as they begged “for mercy,” Hurd wrote. But the white women “laughed and answered the coarse sallies of men…

This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with Nami Iman, a content creator on TikTok originally from Metro Atlanta, who is documenting her new life in Montana. The essay has been edited for length and clarity. A couple of months ago, my best friend sat me down and told me I was wasting my life because I was too afraid to take risks.  Best friends keep it real with you, and she was right — I’ve always avoided taking big leaps of faith. It’s one of the reasons why I decided to take the biggest risk I’ve ever…

OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — Maranda Adams and Ashley Kuhn, are good friends, who’ve now become major business partners.”It feels bold,” Kuhn said. “It took a lot of work to get here and I also feel proud of it.”The two are joint CEOs of Blair Freeman, the only Class A contractor in Nebraska run by Black women.It all started when Adams, who has a background in real estate, ran into some trouble with a construction project in North Omaha; she needed some help from her friend, Kuhn, who has a background in commercial development.The two found success thanks to their collaboration.…