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The West Indies Cigar Company: A Forgotten Legacy

#NationalBlackBusinessMonth #WestIndiesCigarCompany #CarlosCValle #GreensboroNC #DurhamNC We've got a smokin' hot post for you today...

Veronica Carr

Aug 271 min read

From Vision to Legacy: 125 Years of the NBL

#NationalBlackBusinessMonth #OTD On this day, the #NationalNegroBusinessLeague was founded August 23, 1900 in #BostonMA by...

Veronica Carr

Aug 232 min read

Making a Way Out of No Way: Rare Stock Certificates from Black-Owned Enterprises that Changed History

#NationalBlackBusinessMonth #DunbarAmusementCorp #PhiladelphiaPA #JohnHopeHomes #AtlantaGA Black folks have historically demonstrated...

Veronica Carr

Aug 222 min read

Historic Black Publishers You Should Know

#NationalBlackBusinessMonth #ChurchAdvocatePress #AMEBookConcern #AfroAmericanCo Most of you are familiar with some of America’s largest...

Veronica Carr

Aug 192 min read

Black-Owned Bottling Companies: Beyond the Bubbles

#NationalBlackBusinessMonth #BlackOwnedBottlingCompanies #AmericaBottlingCo #JoeLouisPunch #BrownBelleBottlingCo Bottoms up! When we grab...

Veronica Carr

Aug 191 min read

Exploring the Rich Legacy of Black-Owned Businesses in Martha's Vineyard

#NationalBlackBusinessMonth #MarthasVineyard (Dukes County, MA) #OaksBluff #BlackResorts #BlackLeisure Way before I visited...

Veronica Carr

Aug 142 min read

Sitting for the Photographer: James P. Ball, Sr.

#NationalBlackBusinessMonth #BlackPhotographers #JamesPresleyBall (1825-1904) #CincinattiOhio #HelenaMontana #SeattleWashington...

Veronica Carr

Aug 132 min read

From Enslavement to Entrepreneurship: The Legacy of Charles H. Burns

#NationalBlackBusinessMonth #FromEnslavedToEntrepreneur #CharlesHBurns (c. 1855-1917) #WestChesterPA Charles H. Burns (1855-1917) was a...

Veronica Carr

Aug 121 min read

William Bess: Memphis Beauty Pioneer

#NationalBlackBusinessMonth #WilliamBess #BessoSystem #BessoTrainingSchool #BealeStreet #MemphisTennessee In the words of the late...

Veronica Carr

Aug 112 min read

O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? The Pace & Handy Story

Let's go to church! #LetTheChurchSayAmen #NationalBlackBusinessMonth #PaceAndHandyMusicCo There's no business like show business “O...

Veronica Carr

Aug 102 min read

Harry O. Wilson Bank (Baltimore, Maryland)

#NationalBlackBusinessMonth #HarryOWilsonSr #HarryOWilsonBank Another day, another dollar, and another historic Black business to...

Veronica Carr

Aug 82 min read

Douglass State Bank (Kansas City, Kansas)

#NationalBlackBusinessMonth #DouglassStateBank #HenryWarrenSewing #KansasCityKS #BlackBanking Place this in your memory bank! The month...

Veronica Carr

Aug 72 min read

National Photography Day: Hooks Brothers

#NationalPhotographyDay #NationalBlackBusinessMonth #BlackMemphis #HooksBrothersPhotographers #BlackChurch #ClaybornTemple...

Veronica Carr

Aug 19, 20221 min read

Harry O. Wilson, Sr.

#NationalBlackBusinessMonth #OldWestBaltimore #HarryOneilWilsonSr (1873-1939) #HistoricWilsonPark Wilson was an entrepreneur, banker,...

Veronica Carr

Aug 18, 20221 min read

Morgan State University

#MorganStateUniversity #HBCU #HBCUCollectedTreasures #NationalTreasure #NationalBlackBusinessMonth On a weekly basis, Morgan is in the...

Veronica Carr

Aug 8, 20221 min read