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The state of Black entrepreneurship

A conversation with Tosh Ernest, head of Wealth, Advancing Black Pathways at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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Marian Anderson, renowned contralto and one of the most celebrated singers of the 20th Century, was born on February 27, 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Anderson was the daughter of John Berkley Anderson, a small business owner, and Annie Delilah Rucker Anderson, a former Virginia

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Council, city officials mull cap on delivery service charges

“When restaurants operate off of 6[%], 8% profit margins, when you’re paying 18% of your total revenue to the delivery companies, you’re just not viable,” Schall

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Race and Color in A California Coastal Community: The Seaside Story

In the following article Dr. Carol Lynn McKibben, Director of the Seaside History Project, City of Seaside, California, and Lecturer, Department of History, Stanford University, describes the subject of her research, Seaside, California, and specifically the unusual history of the African American

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New Coalition Calls for Prioritization of Underserved and Rural Small Businesses in Coronavirus Response

The U.S. Black Chambers (USBC) is a founding member of a new coalition created to advocate for prioritized CARES Act funding for underserved small business

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Gov. Walz announces businesses can now apply for $62M in COVID-19...

Gov. Tim Walz today announced that the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) is now accepting applications for the $62.5 million Small Business Relief Grants Program for businesses impacted by COVID-19, which he signed into law last

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Nation’s smallest small businesses get left behind during COVID-19

In late March, Congress approved the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, known as the CARES Act, setting aside $376 billion in funding for American workers and small

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The Danger Of Getting Your Hair Done In A Post COVID-19 World

Now with many cities getting the green light to reopen, some hair professionals are concerned that there are not enough guidelines to keep salons

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Activists use informal tools to keep the peace at protests

When Berto Aguayo heard that Chicago protests started turning violent over the weekend, he called a few dozen people to meet in front of a colorful mural in a South Side

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Hennessy Launches Unfinished Business Program With $3M To Support Minority Entrepreneurs

“Unfinished Business” is a small business initiative helping Black, Asian American and Latinx small businesses power through the immediate financial challenges of

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Uganda: Post COVID-19 Financing Options

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Masiyiwa completes solar power project in Matabeleland South

Zimbabwean businessman and philanthropist, Strive Masiyiwa has, through his Re-Imagine Rural initiative, completed a 100KW solar power project in the Ndolwane area in Bulilima district near Plumtree town in Matabeleland

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Masiyiwa rolls out Mat South solar power project

BUSINESSMAN and philanthropist, Strive Masiyiwa has, through the “Re-Imagine Rural” initiative, completed a 100 killowatt (KW) solar power project at Ndolwane, Bulilima district, near Plumtree town in Matabeleland

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Payne, Donald Milford (1934-2012)

Donald Payne, a Democrat, was the first African American elected to Congress from the State of New Jersey. Payne was born in Newark, New Jersey on July 16, 1934. He earned a B.A. degree in social studies from Seton Hall University in 1957 and also has honorary doctorates from Chicago State

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US wrestles with economic response to coronavirus pandemic

The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a $3 trillion stimulus bill, known as the Heroes Act, last month that would provide an additional $1,200 direct payment per family member and $600 per household, close to $1 trillion to state, local, territorial and tribal

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Small Biz Owners Now Have More Time To Use Their PPP Loans

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Gov. Tony Evers Announces Grant Program for Small Businesses

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Cunningham highlights relief package for ComEd customers | The Crusader Newspaper Group

State Senator Bill Cunningham is encouraging Illinois families to take advantage of a new support package from ComEd and the Illinois Commerce Commission to help them pay their electric

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What Defunding Police Departments Really Means For Black Communities

Because police departments often receive a lion’s share of city budgets, what it refers to are policy proposals that would prioritize investments in various community based resources: jobs, housing, education, mental health, small business

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Vaz confident BPO sector will rebound despite COVID-19 losses

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LETTERS: Digital lending has great potential in economy

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NBCDI Celebrates 50th Anniversary by Going Digital | Black Voice News

The National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI) celebrated its 50th anniversary the week of May 11 to

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Detroit Means Business with Paycheck Protection Flexibility

After a few weeks in, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) has been adjusted to offer small businesses more flexibility in accessing financial

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Nation’s smallest small businesses get left behind during COVID-19

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Black Business Group Takes AB 5 Independent Contractor Fight to Gov. Newsom

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Evans, James M. (1962- )

James M. Evans, a politician and business owner, was the first African American chairman of the Utah Republican Party. He was born to Robert and Beatrice Evans in Orangeburg, South Carolina, in 1962. He graduated from Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School in 1981 as the class president and attended

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Entrepreneurs launch campaign to bridge the Black Wealth Gap | Dallas Weekly

Entrepreneurs launch campaign to bridge the Black Wealth Gap

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COVID Crisis: The Black Press is Doing What It Does – On Budgets Spread Thin – Voice and Viewpoint

Recognizing that Blacks lacked access to public print media, the Rev. Samuel Cornish and the Rev. John B. Russworm bonded and emerged from within that assembly with a plan: To produce the nation’s first Black newspaper titled The

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Kenyatta unveils cash boost for economy - VIDEO

President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced plans to help businesses and Kenyans survive the economic storm caused by the coronavirus

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Deadline to apply for Paycheck Protection Program June 30

Time is quickly running out for small business owners to apply for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) with local SBA

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