When Dr. Rachel Bonaparte first envisioned The Blacklining, she wasn’t thinking about just launching a business directory. She was designing a blueprint for a cultural intervention; a living digital space where visibility, capital, knowledge, and community all converge for one purpose: economic sovereignty for Black entrepreneurs.
Launched the week of Juneteenth, the Blacklining is more than timely. It’s urgent. In a nation where Black-owned businesses face systemic disadvantages across capital access, mentorship, visibility, and educational infrastructure, this platform aims to do what legacy institutions have failed to do: integrate support, education, and community engagement into one cohesive system.