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A Knockout Success — all before high school graduationA Knockout Success — all before high school graduation

A Knockout Success — all before high school graduation

Detroit teen Quintin Love, Jr. runs a photography business, holds a 3.5 GPA at Cass Tech and started boxing and…

4 years ago
Bags to Butterflies provides a second chance for formerly incarcerated womenBags to Butterflies provides a second chance for formerly incarcerated women

Bags to Butterflies provides a second chance for formerly incarcerated women

Michelle Smart founded Bags to Butterflies, an artisan handbag social enterprise in Detroit, to offer women “a job that understands.”

4 years ago
Hamtramck zoning board allows Esthi Queen Healing Spa to stay open after blowbackHamtramck zoning board allows Esthi Queen Healing Spa to stay open after blowback

Hamtramck zoning board allows Esthi Queen Healing Spa to stay open after blowback

Hamtramck’s Zoning Board of Appeals will allow Esthi Queen Healing Spa to stay open, reversing a denial that spurred discrimination…

4 years ago
Black Bottom Garden Center, a garden supply co-op, takes root in the North EndBlack Bottom Garden Center, a garden supply co-op, takes root in the North End

Black Bottom Garden Center, a garden supply co-op, takes root in the North End

Black Bottom Garden Center, a co-op founded and led by six Black women in Detroit’s North End, sells plants they…

4 years ago
Deirdre Roberson, Detroit designer, pushes for change through Eumelanin clothing lineDeirdre Roberson, Detroit designer, pushes for change through Eumelanin clothing line

Deirdre Roberson, Detroit designer, pushes for change through Eumelanin clothing line

"Growing up as a dark-skinned woman, you’re told a lot of things based on your skin tone...I thought, how do…

5 years ago
More than 40 of Detroit’s Black-owned businesses that deserve your dollars [UPDATED]More than 40 of Detroit’s Black-owned businesses that deserve your dollars [UPDATED]

More than 40 of Detroit’s Black-owned businesses that deserve your dollars [UPDATED]

If you’re looking for ways to diversify your shopping, promote equity through your wallet and support businesses that look like…

5 years ago