Makers
- makers
Don’t Call It A Comeback. Black Makers Have Been Here for Years
With the news that there are nearly 2.6 millions African American-owned businesses in the United States bringing in upwards of $10 billion in annual revenue, popular news media began championing the “rise” of Black-owned businesses. The rise? We been here. From Madam C.J. Walker, America’s first black millionaire, to Jay-Z, the most recent inductee into the Black billionaire’s club, we know that the creativity and entrepreneurial spirit of the Black community has known no bounds. Thanks to the Pro-Black and Buy Black movements, and yikes, even that episode of Killer Mike’s Netflix series Trigger Warning (“Living Black”), more and more...