Note to Black Businesses: The Dire Need to Work Collectively Versus Competitively

I commend you on the hard work and perseverance it takes to start and more importantly sustain a business. The rate at which Black businesses are started is phenomenal, especially considering the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs in the US are Black female entrepreneurs.

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Open Letter Regarding Rosalind Brewer

Normally at this time of the year we like to look back and recap some of the highlights of our activities from the preceding twelve months. This year, though, something so bizarre happened recently - something that captures the magnitude of inequity in the marketplace - we couldn't let the opportunity pass to reflect on this very specific, very disheartening episode.

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ICYMI: Money, Black Men & Power

Today, marked a momentous occasion in Washington, DC's Black business community. In a strategic effort to keep Black dollars circulating in the Black business community, a group of Black male entrepreneurs led by the U.S. Black Chambers Inc. (USBC) opened individual bank accounts with Industrial Bank-- one of the nation's most prestigious Black-owned banks.
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