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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…

3 years ago

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.”

3 years ago

Detroit teacher Vicki Hooks Green slings coney dogs to save for retirement

Vicki Hooks Green is a passionate Detroit teacher first -- but she started Big Ma's Coney Cart as a summer…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

Black spa owner faces parking complaints and perceived prejudice in Hamtramck

Tiara Boyd, owner of Esthi Queen Healing Spa in Hamtramck, believes racial prejudice is at the root of a decision…

3 years ago

On W. McNichols in Detroit, Black women entrepreneurs are holding it down

Their shops and services keep the Grandmont Rosedale community thriving -- and self-sustainable.

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

How a legacy Black-owned business adapted to serve Detroit mourners during an epidemic

After 74 years in Detroit, MAYS Multimedia is a go-to printer for obituaries and memorial programs. That hasn't changed --…

5 years ago

RollerCade, a black-owned skating rink in Detroit, has survived for generations with ‘neighborhood-first mindset’

To neighbors and Detroiters in the know, RollerCade isn’t just a great place to skate. It’s a legendary community hub.

5 years ago