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39-Year Old Black Entrepreneur Makes History, Awarded $13.4 Billion Dollar Defense Contract

Meet Isaac Barnes, the young founder and President of Eminent Future, whose Black-owned tech firm has been awarded a $13.4 billion dollar defense contract with the U.S. Airforce and the U.S. […]

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Mom and Daughter Make History, Open Black-Owned Shell Gas Station in Florida

Meet 51-year old Lashawn Flowers and her 35-year old daughter, Shanita Vickers, the new owners of the only Black-owned gas station in Hollywood, Florida, and possibly the only Black-owned gas […]

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Two Banks Merge to Form the Largest Black-Owned Bank in the U.S. With More Than $1B in Assets

The CEOs of City First Bank in Washington, DC and Broadway Federal Bank in Los Angeles have decided to merge to create the largest Black-owned bank and Black-led Minority Depository Institution (MDI) in the […]

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Three Siblings Open First Ever Black-Owned Bed & Breakfast in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Meet the three entrepreneurial siblings — Patrick, Christine, and Stephen Campbell — who have purchased a century-old home and transformed it into what is now Keystone Inn, the first-ever Black-owned bed […]

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Black Entrepreneurs Raise $1.4M for New Plant-Based Hair Startup

Meet Danielle Washington and Ciara Imani May, the founders of Rebundle, a St. Louis-based Black-owned startup that creates and sells plant-based hair extensions. They have recently raised $1.4 million in a […]