7:25
- living
- August 19, 2022
'GMA' celebrates National Black Business Month
The celebration of Black-owned businesses takes place in August.
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Kathleen Kelly's Brave + Kind Bookshop is a thoughtfully curated neighborhood kids book (and web) shop that boasts an intentionally diverse and inclusive selection of kids and young adult books -- and a few grownup books to help us all do better as human beings.
Terri Hamm's Kindred Stories is a bookstore in Houston's Third Ward that is committed to amplifying the voices of Black authors and artisans.
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Pur Noire Urban Wineries is a husband-and-wife-owned brand founded by Kenneth and Carissa Stephens. While visiting Italy, the couple was inspired and decided to make wines, currently crafting 10 wines, some of which have be awarded gold medals and achieved a 90-plus point rating. Their tasting room is located in the heart of Downtown Houston.
Kim Roxie's LAMIK Beauty is a tech-enabled, clean-color cosmetics brand focused on inclusivity and global convenience, with a vegan makeup line made with natural and organic ingredients for women of all skin tones.
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Danielle Mullen's Semicolon Bookstore and Gallery is committed to increasing literacy rates in marginalized communities and using books as a catalyst to create lifelong change from its location in Chicago.
MahoganyBooks is a Washington, D.C.-based independent bookstore run by owners and founders Derrick A. Young, Mahogany Young and Ramunda Lark Young. They believe in social entrepreneurship, and take a leadership role in the African American community by promoting reading, writing and cultural awareness as tools to improve self-esteem, self-love and, ultimately, our communities to enrich the lives of motivated individuals.
Karin Sellers opened Here's the Scoop DC in 2019, fulfilling a long-held dream to operate a family-friendly ice cream and dessert shop. Here's the Scoop DC is located in the lower Georgia Avenue corridor across from Howard University, serving as a one-stop shop for ice cream, desserts, snacks and more.
Uncle Bobbie's Coffee & Books is a coffee shop and bookstore located in the Germantown section of Philadelphia and was founded by Marc Lamont Hill in 2017. Uncle Bobbie's was created to provide underserved communities with access to books and a space where everyone feels valued, serving up a specially curated book selection and high-quality coffee alongside food products, apparel and children's games, and free author talks, workshops and other events, including weekly story time for kids and back-to-school drives.
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After Ruby Jean's Juicery owner and CEO Chris Goode was introduced to juicing, it led to him discovering a passion for healthy living and trying a juice cleanse himself. Afterward, he felt better than he ever had and immediately thought of his late grandmother, Ruby Jean, who he wished had the knowledge and understanding of the benefits of healthy eating and drinking. Now, Ruby Jeans Juicery strives to create healthy beverages and snacks for those in the Kansas City area.
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