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SUMMARY:National Black Business Month
DESCRIPTION:Observed every August in the United States\, National Black B
 usiness Month calls for sustained patronage\, capital\, and cooperation w
 ith Black-owned enterprises. It was established in 2004 by engineer Frede
 rick E. Jordan and historian John William Templeton to confront the finan
 cing and contracting barriers Black business owners face.\n\nThe month si
 ts inside a much longer diasporic economic lineage: mutual aid societies 
 and burial funds\, Marcus Garvey's Negro Factories Corporation and Black 
 Star Line\, the Greenwood District in Tulsa\, Durham's Parrish Street\, C
 aribbean susu and West African esusu rotating-savings systems\, and the c
 ooperative economics W.E.B. Du Bois and Jessica Gordon Nembhard documente
 d as ordinary Black practice rather than novelty.\n\nPer-Ankh marks the m
 onth with directory work rather than promotion: Black-owned bookstores\, 
 foodways\, farms\, presses\, and cultural institutions\, held to Ma'at — 
 truth\, balance\, right relationship. Buying is only one part\; the deepe
 r practice is cooperation\, ownership\, and continuity across generations
 .\nRegion: United States\, Global Diaspora\nMore: https://www.perankharch
 ive.com/events/bf6609b1-962d-4fde-b577-80e179c09b46
LOCATION:United States\, Global Diaspora
URL:https://www.perankharchive.com/events/bf6609b1-962d-4fde-b577-80e179c
 09b46
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CATEGORIES:black-business,black-owned,cooperative-economics,heritage-mont
 h,august-observance,economic-sovereignty,annual
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