Closing the wealth gap for Black-owned businesses in Detroit
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Metro-Detroit Black Business Alliance CEO Charity Dean discusses the racial wealth gap.
Less than 10% of the businesses downtown are Black-owned and less than 2% of the buildings downtown are Black-owned. How did we get here in a city with a nearly 80% Black population? BridgeDetroit Engagement Director Orlando Bailey sits down with Metro-Detroit Black Business Alliance President and CEO Charity Dean to talk about how downtown Detroit can invest in and empower Black businesses.
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American Black Journal is a local public television program presented by Detroit PBS
Closing the wealth gap for Black-owned businesses in Detroit
Clip: Season 51 Episode 3 | 7m 26sVideo has Closed Captions
Less than 10% of the businesses downtown are Black-owned and less than 2% of the buildings downtown are Black-owned. How did we get here in a city with a nearly 80% Black population? BridgeDetroit Engagement Director Orlando Bailey sits down with Metro-Detroit Black Business Alliance President and CEO Charity Dean to talk about how downtown Detroit can invest in and empower Black businesses.
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Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II on downtown Detroit’s future
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Clip: S51 Ep3 | 6m 56s | Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist on the administration’s investment in downtown Detroit. (6m 56s)
Wayne State receives $6 million grant for Black studies
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Clip: S51 Ep3 | 8m 39s | Wayne State University receives a $6 million Mellon Foundation grant for Black studies. (8m 39s)
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