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A new day has dawned for Jubilee Justice after the Keller Family, owners of Inglewood Farm, transferred ownership of 17 acres to the non-profit that helps Black farmers become more self-sufficient ...
The Alexandria African American Heritage Park, donated to the city by Norfolk Southern in 1995, is located in the Eisenhower Valley, at the foot of the adjacent Wilkes Street Cemetery Complex. The 7.6-acre park is a satellite of the Alexandria Black History Museum, and was designed by landscape architectural firm EDAW.
In the United States, black-owned businesses (or black businesses), also known as African American businesses, originated in the days of slavery before 1865. Emancipation and civil rights permitted businessmen to operate inside the American legal structure starting in the Reconstruction Era (1863–77) and afterwards.
Non-profit organizations based in Alexandria, Virginia (36 P) Pages in category "Organizations based in Alexandria, Virginia" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total.
February is nationally recognized as Black History Month and is an opportunity to support black-owned businesses. It's Black History Month. Here are 7 Black-owned small businesses on the South Shore
39% of Black-owned businesses were owned by Black women in 2021, while men owned 53%. In the 2023 fiscal year, the SBA backed 4,781 loans to Black-owned businesses, totaling $1.45 billion.
The building was formerly owned by the Northern Virginia Urban League which operated it as a museum, with exhibits about the slave trading firm and the life of a slave. [6] [7] The City of Alexandria purchased the building in March 2020 and reopened it as a museum in June 2022. [8]
Today, Black-owned businesses span a range of industries, with healthcare social assistance services being the most common. In 2021, Black-owned businesses provided jobs for around 1.4 million ...