CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Black-owned businesses make up just 3% of all businesses in the US, according to Smart Asset. However, the Charlotte area is proving to be a hotspot for Black entrepreneurs.Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia recently ranked number two among the top 15 places for Black entrepreneurs, with Black-owned businesses making up 27.59% of all businesses in the…

Ransome, “Gees Bend Quilter Sis.”Linda Shropshire thinks the time has always been right. For a Black-owned art gallery in Durham, N.C. specializing in underrepresented artists. Black artists. Female artists.A once-in-a-lifetime sequence of events convinced her she’s the one to do it.That sequence began with Shropshire being offered early retirement from Cisco Systems at the onset…

Black-owned children’s bookstore Liberation Station has reached its $10,000 fundraising goal meant to support the opening of its first brick-and-mortar location in downtown Raleigh. Now they’re hoping to double it.Owner Victoria Scott-Miller is thrilled to announce, after years of pop-up events, Liberation Station Bookstore will get its own physical space at 208 Fayetteville St. “I…

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