Business

Historic Black-Owned Businesses Still Open Today

Some began before Black Americans could vote, and a few before some of their founders’ relatives were free. All of them are still trading, which is the remarkable part. The businesses below survived Reconstruction, Jim Crow, redlining and the routine denial of…

Iconic American Brands Founded by Immigrants

Some of the most American companies there are were started by people who had just arrived. Some of the founders had little English when they started. The following brands are so integral part of American society that asking where they come from…

14 Black women who changed American business

Some built fortunes when it was illegal for them to do most things. Others run companies today that shape what millions of people watch, wear and eat. This spans more than a century, from women who built businesses under slavery and segregation…

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