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Black Owned Nail Salons You Should Know
I was scrolling through our Instagram page @shoppeblack and saw a video of a Black woman being attacked at an Asian nail salon in…
Chicago Area Woman Opens Beauty Supply Store
Princess Dempsey knows that she’s a rarity — it’s nothing new. The Broadview businesswoman has for years owned one of the few minority- and…
Philadelphia’s BlackStar Film Festival: Where Black Film is High Art
For the past several years, some of my closest East Coast friends and I have made an annual trek. For me, it’s only required…
New Study Confirms Reality Television Perpetuates Stereotype’s of the Angry African American
When it comes to race and ethnicity, television cuts two ways. It can and has taught tolerance. It also continues to perpetuate stereotypes. A new study of reality…
Three Black Business Owners, facing Gentrification, explain how to Thrive in NYC
Almost 20 years ago, Janifer Wilson noticed that Harlem’s bookstores were disappearing one by one, something she couldn’t stand as a woman dedicated to…
LeBron James’ “I Promise School” Really is The First of its Kind
Akron’s public schools have a major problem; its at-risk students are falling well behind the rest of the K-12 population in the classroom. The…