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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…
April 23, 2024Let’s pack up and move to Raleigh!Business in North Carolina is finally bouncing back after taking a hit during the COVID-19 pandemic, and that’s in large part due to the growth of Black-owned businesses in Raleigh. According to a report from the Office of the North Carolina Secretary of State, NC has added nearly…
DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) — Black-owned businesses across the country are feeling the support after "Blackout Tuesday," including the owner at the Citgo on North Roxboro Street in Durham who said Tuesday was the busiest day he has had in more than five years.Dr. Jim Okeke moved to America from Nigeria in 1990 and has owned…
Watch CBS News Updated on: April 9, 2024 / 5:22 PM EDT / CBS News The owner of a Black-owned children’s bookstore in Raleigh, North Carolina, said she is closing its doors less than a year after it opened because of violent threats. The store, called Liberation Station Bookstore, was the first of its kind in…
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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…
WE’RE DREAMING UP ABOLITIONIST FUTURES. Help us share our vision.Scalawag Reckoning with the South John Henry Merrick was working at W.G. Otey’s barbershop in the late 1800s, serving some of the most prominent men in Raleigh, North Carolina, when an undisclosed misunderstanding with Otey got him fired. Otey was a prominent Black entrepreneur whose barbershop…