Tag: black entrepreneurs
How Davenport & Harris Funeral Home Became Alabama’s Oldest Black Family-Owned...
By Javacia Harris Bowser
The Birmingham Times
Growing up in Birmingham, Marion Sterling didn’t understand why some of his relatives often missed out on holiday dinners...
6 Renowned Black Businesses to Know in Birmingham
Compiled by Sym Posey
Like Davenport & Harris Funeral Home, a number of Black Birmingham businesses have served residents for decades and are still going...
A.G. Gaston Conference’s 20 Years of Entrepreneurial Spirit
By Jasmine Phillips
Special to The Birmingham Times
For the last 20 years, the A.G. Gaston Conference has empowered African Americans to excel in entrepreneurship and...
Why Black Small Business Owners Are Optimistic, Ready For Growth in...
Sponsored by JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Despite continuing concerns about inflation and economic uncertainty, Black small business owners are more optimistic about 2024 compared to...
Birmingham’s A.G. Gaston Conference: 20 Years and Counting
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Robert Dickerson, Executive Director, Birmingham Business Resource Center
Reflecting on 20 years of consecutive and successful AG Gaston Conferences, as church folk would say,...
Trey Chaney’s Ministry of Love and Fitness, After Prison Stint
By Sym Posey
The Birmingham Times
What began as an idea while doing time in a federal prison has quickly turned into a growing number of...
Alexis Kimbrough and the Heart of Birmingham’s Herban Soul Café
By Sym Posey
The Birmingham Times
While driving home from work one evening in 2022, Alexis Kimbrough noticed an empty building downtown with a sign in...
Birmingham’s Janelle Sweeney Defines Resilience
By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson
For The Birmingham Times
Once you meet the owner of Janelle Sweeney of Janelle’s Attic Gold, a California native who’s called Birmingham home...
Ernest James Brown: Birmingham’s Hardest Working Man in Clothes Business
By Javacia Harris Bowser
The Birmingham Times
At a time when many brick-and-mortar clothing stores are shuttering as customers opt for online shopping, JB’s House of...
How Erik Henderson Became Birmingham’s ‘Throne Kang’
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
When Erik Henderson purchased a throne chair from Indonesia for a photoshoot about four years ago for his birthday,...
