They fought opposed slavery, discrimination, and injustice while also revolutionizing American medicine. They played significant roles in the formation of the contemporary blood banking system and the United States government.
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Angelica Lyons understood the risks Black women faced when giving birth in the United States. As a professor of public health, she lectured her students about the disproportionate mortality rates experienced by women of color in the United States, specifically during childbirth. The third-highest rate of maternal death in the United States is in her native state of Alabama.
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In Chicago's Hyde Park, a group of Black physicians are collaborating to establish the first Urgent Care Center owned by Blacks. Premier Health Urgent Care, the first Urgent Care facility on the Southside, aims to provide affordable healthcare to a population in dire need.
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Entrepreneurship and business ownership, especially in the context of community-based enterprises, play a crucial role in fostering communal wealth generation, benefiting both business proprietors and their employees.
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Whether by necessity or ingenuity, minority-owned small businesses may be giving us an early sign of how US businesses will adapt in the wake of COVID-19. These businesses are experimenting with new ways of working to ensure their employees’ safety, offering monetary relief to employees and community members, and introducing new services such as free delivery to those who need it.
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I knew that I was going to be pulled over and that part of the encounter was entirely appropriate. I was speeding early one morning on a two-lane highway near my home when a highway patrolman passed me in a curve traveling in the opposite direction.
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For many years, black-owned businesses have been an integral part of our communities, playing a vital role in creating jobs and providing economic opportunities for their owners, employees, and communities as a whole.
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