black-owned businesses
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Foot Locker Says Its Spent $54M With Black Businesses, Charities Since George Floyd’s death
The company is one of many that made pledges following the death of George Floyd
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Black Woman Owned Fashion Line, Jolie Noire, Lands at Target
Kim and Keyondra Lockett's fashion line along with several other Black designers are part of Target's Black History Month campaign, "Black Beyond Measure."
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Thriving Black Businesses Are Reclaiming Their Time in Rural Mississippi
Black owned businesses are thriving in rural Mississippi towns thanks to the help of one local nonprofit.
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Brick With Racial Slurs Thrown at Window of Black-Owned Business in Chicago
Apparently, white people around the country just felt like being their truest, most racist selves on Wednesday. A café in the Illinois neighborhood of Oak Park had a brick with racial slurs on it thrown at the window. According to CBS Chicago, the Live Café and Creative Space on Oak Park Avenue serves as the…
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That's Dame 'Mother' to You: Pat McGrath Is the First Makeup Artist to Be Granted Damehood
Makeup mogul Pat McGrath, fondly known as “The Mother of Makeup” by fashion and beauty insiders, received a well-deserved honor by Queen Elizabeth II for the new year. Previously named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2014 for her services to the beauty and fashion industries, McGrath, who has since…
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Creativity and Craftsmanship: Celebrating Kuumba, the Sixth Night of Kwanzaa
Black-owned businesses breathe creativity. The sixth day of Kwanzaa, Kuumba, represents creativity and is a time for celebrating the radical Blackness that comes from multiple countries and cultures across different platforms. The following Black-owned businesses show their creative instincts in their hand-made and hand-picked products that represent the beauty of Blackness and cultural backgrounds. …
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Representing Black Businesses on Ujamaa, the Fourth Night of Kwanzaa
The fourth day of Kwanzaa represents Cooperative Economics and how we can come together to support Black businesses under one roof. Black marketplaces have been growing and become a collective space for people to display their work with other businesses and creators. Ujamaa embodies community and collective work while supporting Black businesses. africaboutik africaboutik.us is…