Soul Crew Intern, Tamesha Monk, chats with Black business owner, Mary Ann, about her restaurant Indigo Blue.
Tag: Black-owned Business
Arkansas native is on a mission to bring diversity and representation to the toy industry with her company Brilliant Girl, which creates dolls and toys that represent realistic little girls of color.
Learn more about JValencia and her featured business with the Arkansas Business Navigator Project.
Arkansas’ first and only Black-led venture capital firm will invest a $15 million inaugural fund in boosting tech-driven companies led by BIPOC female entrepreneurs.
NWA Black Business Expo took place in Fayetteville, AR to celebrate National Black Business Month.
The Rock Street Market brought local artists and vendors to the Downtown Little Rock district and will work to activate the heartbeat of Little Rock for months to come.
A new report found minority business owners in Arkansas applied for lending at a disproportionately lower rate than white business owners, but were denied lending at a higher rate.
Black-Owned NWA is hosting the Northwest Arkansas Black-Owned Business Expo Feb. 27 at Shiloh Square in downtown Springdale.
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Black-Owned businesses have been hit hardest by the pandemic. Some experienced a boost this summer after George Floyd’s death prompted calls to support these businesses, but will that be enough to keep them afloat?
From February to April, the number of active, Black small business owners dropped by almost half. In the latest episode of our Affirmative Action podcast, we explore how Arkansas business owners are coping amid the pandemic and if efforts to support Black-owned businesses have helped them.
This gallery features books from writers such as James Baldwin to artwork by Arkansas natives