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2. Black-owned business - Wikipedia

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   African-Americans have operated virtually every kind of company, but some of the most prominent Black-owned businesses have been insurance companies including North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, banks, recording labels, funeral parlors, barber shops, cosmetics, beauty salons, newspapers, restaurants, soul food restaurants, real estate ...

3. African-American beauty - Wikipedia

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   African American beauty takes into consideration the intersectionality of African Americans and how this intersectionality has affected the representation of African Americans in media, which plays a significant role in communicating what society's beauty standards are. [11] [5]

4. Ohio African Chamber of Commerce Launches in Columbus

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5. African Americans in Ohio - Wikipedia

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   Ohio was a destination for escaped African Americans slaves before the Civil War. In the early 1870s, the Society of Friends members actively helped former black slaves in their search of freedom. The state was important in the operation of the Underground Railroad .

6. Johnson Products Company - Wikipedia

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   [1] [4] The product was aimed at African American women who straightened their hair to eliminate the need to use a hot comb, grease, and frequent trips to the beauty shop. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] By the 1960s had an estimated 80 percent of the black hair-care market and annual sales of $12.6 million by 1970. [ 1 ]

7. Leonard Pearl Henderson House - Wikipedia

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   By the time of his death, he was the oldest practicing African American attorney in Ohio. [ 7 ] [ 3 ] Henderson made the house an informal social hub for traveling African American entertainers and celebrities including Louis Armstrong , Wilt Chamberlain , Duke Ellington , Joe Louis , and Cab Calloway during the era of segregation. [ 2 ]

8. No Lye: An American Beauty Story - Wikipedia

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   The ethnic beauty industry begins with the African-American desire for hair straighteners and skin lighteners in the Reconstruction era after slavery. By the 1960s, the sale of black health and beauty aids had blossomed into a multi-million dollar business that was heavily influenced by the civil rights movement. A decade later, innovative hair ...

9. List of U.S. cities with large Black populations - Wikipedia

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   This list of U.S. cities by black population covers all incorporated cities and Census-designated places with a population over 100,000 and a proportion of black residents over 30% in the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the territory of Puerto Rico and the population in each city that is black or African American.