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Black Entrepreneurs

Steven Smith of Minnesota Public radio reports on the challenges to creating viable businesses in Black communities. African Americans spend 400-billion dollars a year on consumer items, but Black leaders want a higher proportion of that to go to black-owned businesses.

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