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One Family's Effort to Buy Black for a Year

One Family's Effort to Buy Black for a Year

06/19/2012

PBS News Hour

One Family's Effort to Buy Black for a Year

Clip: 6/19/2012 | 10m 2s

One Family's Effort to Buy Black for a Year

Paul Solman reports on one African-American family's year-long mission to shop only at black-owned businesses. Part of his Making Sen$e of financial news series, Paul Solman speaks with a family about their "Empowerment Experiment," and looks at some of the challenges African American entrepreneurs face.

06/19/2012

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