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The Color of Money: Reaping the Dividends of Entrepreneurship

Marc H. Morial, President and CEO National Urban LeagueMarch 9, 2016

“So our people not only have to be reeducated to the importance of supporting black business, but the black man himself has to be made aware of the importance of going into business. And once you and I go into business, we own and operate at least the businesses in our community. What we will be doing is developing a situation wherein we will actually be able to create employment for the people in the community.” – Malcolm X, “The Ballot or the Bullet,” April 12, 1964 Sarah Breedlove was born to sharecroppers on a plantation in Louisiana. Breedlove-later known

Op-Ed Opinion

From Employment to Empowerment, Why What You Drive Matters

Glenda Gill, NNPA News Wire Guest ColumnistJanuary 6, 2016

Ever since Henry Ford declared he’d pay $5 a day to workers in his factories, African Americans have had a love affair with the automotive industry in the United States. “The Great Migration” of Blacks from the South to the North was largely due to the demand for factory labor. In 1910, fewer than 600 autoworkers were African American. By 1929, that number grew to more than 25,000. Unfortunately from then until now, the love we’ve had for the auto industry has gone largely unreturned. Making sure there is equity in our relationships with the auto industry drives my work