Michigan
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Looking for a way to be involved? Support one of these black-owned Michigan businesses
Latashia Perry is eager to get back to business. Like other black business owners, Perry, of Flint, is trying to…
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Detroit’s Black Business Community Celebrates Return of Minding My Black-Owned Business Event
The Detroit business scene witnessed a significant triumph Wednesday with the return of the “Minding My Black-Owned Business” networking event.…
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Black Leadership Summit at Eastern Michigan University to offer wide variety of training on aspects of public engagement and inspiring and leading people
YPSILANTI – Participants will learn a variety of skills, including training on activism, political involvement, networking and servant leadership, along with…
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Reopening of Michigan’s Only HBCU Is an Opportunity to Elevate Design in the Black Community, Founder Says
Across the country, applications for enrollment in America’s 107 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are on the rise. But despite having…
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Study: Wage gap widens between Black, white workers, especially in Michigan
Yet the change in more recent years is not a main driver for the change in rates of pay for…
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Q&A: U-M researcher says Black businesses shorted in first PPP loans
“This is a big problem — healthy Black-owned businesses are key to narrowing the racial wealth gap, which could cost…
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American Black Journal – Wayne State Black Studies grant, Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II, Empowering Black businesses
Closing the wealth gap for Black-owned businesses. Can it be done in Detroit? Less than 10% of the businesses downtown…
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BLAC statement on legislation that would cap interest on payday loans
Members of the Black Leadership Advisory Council (BLAC) applaud Michigan State Sen. Sarah Anthony and State Rep. Abraham Aiyash for…
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Lansing uses American Rescue Plan funds to empower Black-owned businesses
President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act in 2021. More than three years later, the legislation is still…
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Black Lives Matter movement is driving customers to Black-owned businesses. Owners worry it won’t last.
CNN — Sales at designer Roslyn Karamoko’s upscale boutique on Detroit’s main business thoroughfare already had started to slow before…
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