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Black entrepreneurs were primarily confined to initiating ventures in the service sector or manual labor fields, which typically offered low profits and restricted opportunities for expansion. Moreover, initiating businesses by slaves without the consent of their owners was prohibited, and any economic endeavors had to be carefully managed to ...
After going to Chicago in 1928, Fuller worked in a wide range of menial jobs, eventually rising to become manager of a coal yard. Subsequent to his employment in the coal yard, he gained employment as an insurance representative for Commonwealth Burial Association, an African-American firm.
The U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) is an independent U.S. government agency established by Congress in 1980 to invest directly in African grassroots enterprises and social entrepreneurs. USADF's investments aim to increase incomes, revenues, and jobs by promoting self-reliance and market-based solutions to poverty.
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One of the first African-American women to receive a United States patent Sarah Elisabeth Goode (1855 – April 8, 1905) was an American entrepreneur and inventor. She was one of the first known African American women to receive a United States patent , which she received in 1885 for her cabinet bed.
Chicago Divided: The Making of a Black Mayor (Northern Illinois University Press, 1985); 1983 election of Harold Washington; Knupfer, Anne Meis. "'Toward a Tenderer Humanity and a Nobler Womanhood': African-American Women's Clubs in Chicago, 1890 to 1920." Journal of Women's History 7#3 (1995): 58–76. Knupfer, Anne Meis.
After 27 years, the home decor and furniture store Blacklion is leaving Pineville at the end of January. The family-run store, where small businesses and merchants sell their wares, is opening a ...
In the heart of Chicago, two ambitious Gen Z entrepreneurs have cultivated a local business dedicated to growing gourmet mushrooms, transforming an indoor urban farm into a go-to supplier for ...