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Kwanza Jones Has Always Been About Ownership. Now She Owns the Padres.
From Princeton to the Padres: the Princeton-trained lawyer, Billboard artist, and impact investor is now the principal owner of a Major League Baseball franchise, and the first Black woman ever to hold that seat.
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Black America Lost Most of Its Farmland. These Farmers Are Taking It Back.
A century of discrimination erased all but a fraction of Black farm ownership in America. A new generation of growers, from Petersburg to Houston to Acton, is rebuilding it acre by acre.
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Two Historic Black Banks Merge Into the Nation's Largest.
Optus Bank and Mechanics & Farmers are combining into a $1.27 billion institution, the largest Black-owned bank in America. Two century-old missions, one balance sheet.
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Ruka Puts Braiding Hair on Sephora's Shelves.
Ruka Hair becomes the first Black-owned hair-extensions brand at Sephora, and the first extensions brand the retailer has stocked in more than 20 years. Online August 4, in stores August 14.
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It's Black Business Month. Here's How to Actually Show Up.
August is National Black Business Month, founded in 2004. Beyond the hashtag, the ask is simple, and it is year-round: move your dollars, and keep moving them.
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