Honoring Black History Month 2024
We would like to wish our wegg® family, and the entrepreneurship world at large, a profound and illuminating Black History Month 2024! It is invaluable to acknowledge, learn, and reflect on the vast history and expansive future of African Americans in our country. This is crucial in order to be committed and attentive to increasing the equity of opportunities and wealth available to African Americans all year, every year.
Below is a compilation of insights and resources to aid in commemorating Black History Month for the rest of February and beyond.
- Support Chicago Black Restaurant Week which goes until the 25th!
- Read “A History of Black-owned businesses in the US”
- Learn about ForbesBLK, a collective “of Black entrepreneurs, professionals, leaders and creators that are driving systematic change in business, culture and society.”
- Check out Square’s write-up on “Small Business, Big Impact: Celebrating Black History Month With Our Sellers”
- Review the article “Black Entrepreneurs and Innovators Who Shaped America’s Economy,” from Quartz
- Explore the Small Business Administration’s Timeline of African American businesses in history
However you celebrate, we especially encourage you to take steps that contribute to the prosperity and development of Black-owned businesses within the U.S. and across the globe.
“Discipline is not a dirty word. There is far more freedom and opportunity for creativity and success in enjoying discipline. Years ago someone I very much respect told me the reason they were successful is that they embraced doing what other people resent or are reluctant to do.”
— Janice Bryant Howroyd, the first African-American woman to build and own a billion dollar company
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