Victoria Scott-Miller opened the first Black-owned children’s bookstore in North Carolina last weekend, called Liberation Station. The new brick-and-mortar store opened its doors on Saturday in downtown Raleigh. Liberation Station started as a pop-up in 2019 after she took her sons to a national chain bookstore to find books with characters that looked like him.…
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There is an estimated 149 Black-owned bookstores in the US which is just 6% of the 2,500 independently-owned bookstores in the country. One of them was opened by a Black woman in North Carolina. Less than a year later, she says she has to close her doors because of threats. Liberation Station Bookstore, the first…
Former New York City mayor and 2020 presidential contender Michael Bloomberg is facing renewed questions about his administration’s failure to meet quotas for giving contracts to women and minority-owned businesses.A protester interrupted Bloomberg during a rally in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, demanding to know about Bloomberg’s position on minority-owned businesses. Bloomberg told the protester that it…
Not a member? Join todaySETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHTThe Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) removed the HBCU’s membership following significant financial issues, including a $32 million debt and an IRS battle.(Mitti Hicks/BLACK ENTERPRISE) ––It’s been a challenging few years for one of North Carolina’s oldest HBCUs. In December 2022, Saint Augustine’s University…
April 8, 2022Founded by entrepreneur John T. Ward in 1881 in Columbus, Ohio, E.E. Ward Moving & Storage Co. has withstood the test of time and continues to operate as the oldest Black-owned business in the United States.However, the Ohio-based company started as a stop on the Underground Railroad where Ward transported enslaved people to…