Posts Tagged ‘Black owned business’
COVID Black is using data and creating space to honor Black lives lost to virus
Kim Gallon creates a digital space, COVID Black, to memorialize each individual Black life that has been lost in the pandemic. COVID Black is intended to be a space of healing and create conversations about the future of Black health.
Read MoreElderly Brothers Continue Black-Owned Land Legacy of Feeding Community Through Historic Steele Farm Property
An American tale of two brothers and their self sustainability through farming. This story highlights a need for perseverance in farming. Successful black farmers highlight their industry and its’ importance to their immediate community.
Read MoreA new gentrification crisis
As the pandemic continues, plunging the nation into a recession, fear over evictions and the closing of small businesses is fueling concerns that gentrification may speed up.
Read MoreBuying Black, Rebooted
In the age of “voting with your spending,” there is a growing movement toward supporting and prioritizing black-owned businesses.
Read MoreMaryland’s Only Black-Owned Movie Theater Is Drawing Crowds From Across The Country
By Phillip Lewis, The Huffington Post When Anthony Fykes and Robert Wright met, they immediately connected through their love for movies. But the pair never imagined that a shared passion for cinema would lead them to open their own theater together. NextAct Cinema, the only black-owned movie theater in the state of Maryland, opened on March…
Read MorePillars of Black Media, Once Vibrant, Now Fighting for Survival
When Johnson Publishing, a black-founded and owned company, announced a little more than two weeks ago that it had sold Ebony and Jet to a private equity firm in Texas, there was a sense of loss. Traditional media companies have struggled for years to adapt to a digital world, but the pressure on black-owned media has been even more acute.
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