Ride For Equity: 1,600-Mile Bike Trek From Tulsa To NYC To Power Black Business Ownership

May 19, 2025 | Business

Black Leaders Detroit has launched another initiative to work toward its equity goals. With the new 2025 Ride for Equity, registrants can take part in a group cycling event set to raise money for equitable funding practices for African American entrepreneurs and...

Get Good Groceries At These Black-Owned Supermarkets

Apr 14, 2025 | Business

Black-owned businesses need support because it leads to economic empowerment, community sustainability, and long-term growth. This is also the case when it comes to our food source. Our financial support of Black grocers enables economic self-sufficiency, employment...

Founders Of Black Brands Adapting Their Hopes And Business Plans

Apr 7, 2025 | Business, Diversity

Pound Cake and Puzzles of Color are among the small businesses whose owners are rethinking their plans as major U.S. companies weaken their diversity, equity and inclusion programs. The initiatives mostly date from the end President Donald Trump’s first term and...

23 Black Billionaires Shatter Records On Forbes Elite List

Apr 7, 2025 | Business, Leadership, Wealth

In a global economy boasting 3,028 billionaires with a combined fortune of $16.1 trillion, Black entrepreneurs have carved out an impressive space on Forbes’ prestigious annual World Billionaires list. Though representing just 0.8 percent of the total billionaires...

The Story Of The Great Migration Often Overlooks Black Businesses That Built Detroit

Mar 24, 2025 | Books, Business, History

Black businesses were essential to facilitating the Great Migration of African Americans out of the South between the 1910s and 1960s. Yet, the traditional narrative of the migration as a movement of laborers seeking high-wage jobs obscures the history of African...

Built For The Storm: 8 Recession-Proof Businesses Black Founders Should Be Eyeing

Mar 24, 2025 | Business, Entrepreneurs

If we’re being real, throughout American economic history Black entrepreneurs—especially Black women—have been weathering economic storms with grit and innovation. I mean, Madam C.J. Walker is the reason after all that our hair can stay laid at all times, and she...