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Keep Your Dollars Where They Belong
Nothing speaks like money speaks. Voting with your dollars is one of the most important things you can do. Think of it as an investment in businesses that support your values. National Independent Retailer Month was created to shine a light on independent businesses....
Blacks and Nails: Setting Trends While Making History
In the 1988 article “Griffith-Joyner Nails 100-Meter Dash Final” the Chicago Tribune reported how Florence Griffith-Joyner (Flo Jo) won Olympic gold as she wore “4-inch, curved, tiger-striped fingernails" one day and a solid fuchsia manicure the next. More recently,...
Celebrating Kings and Dispelling Myths
Father’s Day is right around the corner and it’s time to celebrate our black kings! If you haven’t already set a reminder for June 20th There’s a lot of misinformation in the world and last year we saw a rise, yet again, in talk about the ‘absence’ of black fathers....
Juneteenth Our Freedom
Let Freedom Ring! The rest of the US has the 4th of July, which is awesome, but Juneteenth is just for us. Originally established in 1865 as the African American Emancipation Day, Juneteenth is celebrated in commemoration of the end of slavery in the US.Over the...
Celebrating National Military Appreciation Month
In 1999, the late Senator John McCain introduced formal legislation to designate the month of May as National Military Appreciation Month. NMAM honors current and former members of the U.S. Armed Forces, including those who have died in the pursuit of freedom. Show...
Black Mothers – The Real CEOs
Mother’s Day falls on May 9th this year, so you still have time to put together a gift that secures your status as the favorite child for one more year. All jokes aside, this is an important time of year. Far too often mothers don’t get the recognition they deserve as...
How to Start a Cannabis Business
Ready to spin green into gold? Canna-businesses are growing like… well, weeds, but there’s still plenty of room for growers and enthusiasts to turn a little green into a lot of green. It comes as no surprise that businesses that specialize in both cannabis and hemp...
April is Jazz Appreciation Month!
Jazz Appreciation Month or JAM was established by the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in 2001 to recognize and celebrate the heritage and history of jazz. Jazz is considered to be America’s only original art form, rooted in the fields as enslaved...
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