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Josh (left) and Earl Cone, Jr., father and son partners of Upscale Medical Transportation in Bloomfield, have observed growth for Black-owned businesses. According to Earl, “The social justice movement was a wake-up call to corporations and businesses, who began to understand what African-American entrepreneurs have experienced. General Business August is a time to acknowledge, celebrate and support Black-owned businesses in the United States. By Irene Maslowski, Contributing Writer On Jul 29, 2022 National Black Business Month was initiated in 2004 by John William Templeton, president and executive editor of the scholarly publishing company, eAccess Corp, and engineering executive, Frederick E.…

This is an old article and may contain information that is inaccurate and/or out of date. By Nia Davis Asheville Office of Equity and Inclusion Rep·a·ra·tion /ˌrepəˈrāSH(ə)n/- “The making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged.”  Reparations has long been a hot-button topic that even the mention of it brings impassioned jubilation, overwhelming concern, or somewhere in between. The conversation around reparations isn’t new; in fact the idea of atoning for the sins of slavery has been around since the Civil War. After the Civil War, Union…

ORLANDO, Fla. – News 6 is honoring the Black business owners who help make Central Florida what it is as we recognize National Black Business Month. Among those Dr. Dorian Boyland, a former Major League ballplayer, the owner of top-selling car dealerships across the country and philanthropist.Boyland owns Mercedes Benz of South Orlando but before becoming a successful business owner he played Major League Baseball.Boyland has so many memories of playing for the Pittsburg Pirates in the 1970s. He also played baseball and basketball at the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh.After being traded from the Pirates to the San Francisco…

PNC Foundation Commits $2 Million To Advance Black Entrepreneurship In North CarolinaNewly established PNC North Carolina HBCU Initiative to help cultivate entrepreneurship resources and opportunities for students at five universities through grant fundingRALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 1, 2022 – The PNC Foundation is awarding more than $2 million to five Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in North Carolina to establish the PNC North Carolina HBCU Initiative, an effort that aims to enrich the future of entrepreneurship and create workforce opportunities in the state.  The grants will be distributed over a three-year period to help fund the development and delivery of…

Play Video Read a text description of this video Chief Egunwale Amusan, Descendant of Tulsa Massacre SurvivorWhat’s the big deal about Tulsa? What makes Tulsa significant than any other city? Well you’ve come to a place where not only a terrorist attack occurred but that terrorist attack there was no justice that followed that terrorist attack. Greg Robinson, Community Activist And certainly, there is not a more clear example of a space where reparations is indeed needed than the Greenwood community here in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Reverend Robert Turner, Historic Vernon AME ChurchThe whole world is watching Tulsa, right? What happened…

Then, on March 11, everything fell apart. The World Health Organization proclaimed the coronavirus a global pandemic, and the National Basketball Association shut down after a player tested positive for COVID-19. The news sounded the death knell for the Essence Festival, which first was postponed, then cancelled. (Despite the pandemic, New Orleans’ culture marches on.)Before McNair knew it, 95 percent of her business for the year was gone. She had to lay off all seven of her employees and 25 independent contractors. “I’ve had to put my staff on hold and hope when things come back they will come back,”…

Ten years ago there were three black people working in North Dakota’s oil fields. Not 3 percent, just three people.Now there are more than 600.Many of them came for jobs working in the Bakken oil fields and settled in towns like Williston, North Dakota.Like the state itself, most people in this oil boomtown are white. But it’s impossible not to notice the number of minorities—particularly blacks—among the huge influx of oil workers who have descended upon the region over the last few years. And while the recent fall in oil prices has called the longevity of the boom into question,…

This Content is Available for Slate Plus members only Democrats Are About to Go All In on Epstein. Will It Work? The Supreme Court Just Took a Scary Case That Has Trump Salivating. He Might Not Like the Outcome. Conservatives Have a New Argument Against Birth Control. It’s About Protecting Men. Mamdani Was Polling at 8 Percent—but This Photographer Knew That Wasn’t the Whole Story YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio—In 1984, Lewis Macklin stood up at a community meeting and argued that city officials should shut down his high school. It had been seven years since Black Monday—when Youngstown Sheet & Tube announced…

When I was in journalism school, they told me whoever controls the media, controls the narrative. I’m a narcissist, so that was right up my alley. I’ve long had the goal of writing something bigger than myself. I want to do good in the world in the process, but I’m not going to lie, I want any contribution I make to be talked about long after I’m gone.  I thought I was well on my way when, coming out of college in 2011, I got a job at the Skanner, a historically Black newspaper in Portland. I got to meet…

TULSA, Okla.–The owner of Scrambl’d on Greenwood announced it was closing and leaving Black Wall Street Tuesday, Feb. 25, after an undisclosed dispute with the controversial and far-right, current Greenwood Chamber of Commerce. “It is with a heavy heart that Scrambl’d on Greenwood announces the closures of its doors. Despite the hard work, passion and dedication poured into the business, the decision to close has been made due to challenges beyond our control, notably the negligence of the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce,” read a statement released on Facebook. Cordell Love is the owner of Scrambl’d. The Black Wall Street Times…