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Black Wall Street Bridgeport was back for its 24th pop-up event on Saturday, showcasing the work of local vendors and organizations and marking 10 years of the foundation. The annual event came just in time for Black History Month and News 12’s Angelica Toruno was on site to see how Black businesses were in the spotlight. Anything from skincare, food, clothing and more were on display at Achievement First Bridgeport Academy. Organizer and founder Eldorado Anderson shared the mission behind the business model. “Provide an affordable platform for new businesses, old businesses, up-and-comers, children to come, put their ideas on…

About a week ago, Delaware Black Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Ayanna Khan received a phone call. It regarded an opportunity to host Liberian President-elect Joseph Boakai at the agency’s office in downtown Wilmington, and with the organization looking for ways to delve into the international market, Ms. Khan worked quickly to set up an event. Source link

A faint glow flickered behind the canyon ridges, and at first, it felt like a threat no different from fires past. Inside one home, Erliene Kelley, an 83-year-old grandmother, believed, as it had always gone over her 57 years in Altadena, that it would never roll down the hill toward homes.  This time, however, the air was drier, and the winds were harsher, made even worse by a year of punishing droughts after months of record-breaking downpours last spring. Within hours, flames tore downhill, devouring tidy lawns and cherished front porches, leaving behind only the warped shells of cars and…

Archie and Nancy Martin opened up their home to Black male ISU students, giving them a place to live during a time they were not allowed to live on campus. AMES, Iowa — During the early part of the 1900s, African American students were not allowed to live on campus at Iowa State University because of an unofficial rule, according to Ames History Museum.  To help those students, Archie and Nancy Martin, an African American couple, offered up their home as a solution. Archie (1857-1960) and Nancy (1856-1947) were born into slavery in the South. Archie in Wilmington, North Carolina…

Black & Veatch doubles size of Miami-area office The Business Journals Source link

Massive black bear spotted in Massachusetts neighborhood multiple times Boston Herald Source link

For the past quarter century, Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, has worked to thwart one clear threat to its profits: a free, publicly funded tool to file taxes online. The company’s success at preventing that threat was near total — until earlier this year, when the IRS announced a plan to test such an approach. Advocates cheered, seeing it as a first step to a system where Americans, particularly low-income taxpayers, could easily avoid paying big fees for tax preparation. It’s a new chapter in the long-running conflict over free tax filing, but Intuit has fallen back on some tried-and-true…

AURORA, Colo. — An Arapahoe County woman’s mobile boutique was stolen nearly two weeks ago from an Aurora storage facility and found days later by police in Nebraska.For more than six years, the 1987 Chevy P30 step van has served as the home of Shirley Black’s business, Fashions Underground.“She’s big and pink and black and fun. And she just makes you smile. Yeah, she’s cool,” Black said. Fit with a dressing room, shelves, air conditioning, and more, customers at events and farmers markets could try on clothes.“That’s why we do it. I mean, shenanigans in the truck. Making them dress…

Efforts to implement reparations measures recommended by the California Reparations Task Force lost momentum at the end of the 2024 legislative session, but legislators have renewed the push with some new proposals and some modified versions of bills from last year. The list below is their priority bill package, which they’re calling “The Road to Repair 2025.”  ACA 6 (Wilson) – would prohibit slavery in all forms.  ACA 7 (Jackson) – seeks to clarify the state’s landmark 1996 anti-affirmative action ballot initiative, Proposition 209, to ensure state, county, and local institutions understand intent and parameters in current statute. AB 7…

Lawsuit seeking reparations for Tulsa Race Massacre is dismissed NBC News Source link