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First COVID, Now Tariffs: Black Businesses Need Us to Show Up!

May 10, 2025

Say Something Real By Michelle Bryant We’ve all heard the saying when America catches a cold, Black folks get pneumonia. It is with that understanding that many are fearful that the economic fallout from the Trump administration’s tariffs, could prove fatal to small Black-owned businesses. We need to look no further than to the impact […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black Owned Businesses, Michelle Bryant, Say Something Real

HYFIN Announces 3rd Annual Blackity Black Holiday Market, Strengthening Milwaukee’s Black Business Community

November 23, 2024

MILWAUKEE, WI — HYFIN, Milwaukee’s premier digital-first Black music and culture platform, announces its highly anticipated 3rd Annual Blackity Black Holiday Market, showcasing over 40 Black-owned businesses on Sat., Nov. 30.. The event will transform Turner Hall Ballroom (1040 N Vel R. Phillips Ave) into a vibrant marketplace from 10 AM to 3 PM, offering unique […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black Owned Businesses, Blackity Black Holiday Market, HYFIN

Federal Judge Upholds Fearless Fund’s Grant Program for Black Women Entrepreneurs

September 30, 2023

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Senior U.S. Judge Thomas Thrash has ruled that the Fearless Fund, a venture capital firm based in Atlanta, can continue its grant program exclusively tailored for Black women entrepreneurs. The judge said the lawsuit challenging the practice, which argued it unlawfully excluded individuals of other […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black Owned Businesses, Entrepreneurship, Fearless Strivers Grant Contest, Stacy M. Brown, The Fearless Fund

The Fifteen Percent Pledge Empowers Black-owned Brands

August 26, 2023

By Karen Stokes The Fifteen Percent Pledge is a nonprofit organization established in 2020. Its aim is to encourage prominent retailers to allocate fifteen percent of their shelf space to Black-owned brands, reflecting the fact that fifteen percent of the U.S. population is Black. This initiative invites retailers to respond to their community’s desires for […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Aurora James, Black Owned Businesses, Fifteen Percent Pledge, Karen Stokes, Latoya Williams-Belford

Wisconsin’s Only Black-0wned Bank Celebrates Its 98th Annual Meeting, Largest in More Than 40 Years

May 6, 2023

(Milwaukee)—Columbia Savings & Loan Association held its Ninety-Eighth Annual Meeting with more than 60 members and guests attending, making it the savings and loan’s largest Annual Meeting in decades. Attendance was so great that Columbia had to rent space at a much larger facility to accommodate all the participants. Lafayette McKinney reflected on t he […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Annual Meetings, Black Owned Businesses, Columbia Savings and Loan

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Buying Black: Black Businesses Fuel the American Economy

August 20, 2022

By LaKeshia N. Myers August is Black Business Month, a time to celebrate and cherish the many African American owned businesses across the country. In 2019, there were 134,567 Black-owned employer businesses (businesses with more than one employee) in all sectors of the U.S. economy, an 8% hike from the 124,551 Black-owned employer businesses in […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black Owned Businesses, LaKeshia N. Myers

Alex Lasry Tours Black Owned Small Businesses

July 23, 2022

By Milwaukee Courier Staff This week, Democratic candidate for US Senate Alex Lasry spent an afternoon touring Black and Latino-owned small businesses in Kenosha, following up on recent tours of Black-owned businesses in Milwaukee and Racine. Lasry took the opportunity to talk to the small business owners about their successful businesses, the challenges they face […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Alex Lasry, Black Owned Businesses, Compiled By Courier Staff, small business

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

Rebuilding Black Business after COVID-19 Catastrophe

July 16, 2022

By Will Martin Candidate for Wisconsin Lt. Governor Federal statistics indicate over 40% of Black-owned businesses did not survive the COVID-19 shutdown. In fact, Black-owned businesses closed permanently at more than twice the rate of their White counterparts. On too many streets in our communities, storefronts remain empty where businesses once served and employed our […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black Owned Businesses, COVID-19, Will Martin

Ray Allen Named President & CEO of Milwaukee’s Oldest Black-Owned Bank

July 9, 2022

Ray Allen is supposed to be retired. He reminds himself of this every now and then. But the tireless community advocate is cut from a different kente cloth. Every career move is intentional, rooted in his enduring determination to build relationships that benefit the greater community. By Yvette L. Craig Allen’s career journey is on […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black Owned Businesses, Columbia Savings and Loan, Ray Allen, Yvette L. Craig

Wisconsin Democrats Discuss the Struggles and Successes of Being a Black Business Owner

June 4, 2022

By Karen Stokes On Thursday, May 26, Wisconsin Democrats (Wisdems) hosted a Black -owned small business roundtable event at Sam’s Place, 3338 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Dr. Their goal, to connect with Black entrepreneurs, create networking opportunities and have conversations about the struggles and successes of being a Black business owner. According to […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black Owned Businesses, Entrepreneurship, Karen Stokes, Roundtable Discussion, Wisconsin Democrats

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