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@_haands

we're working to preserve, enhance and elevate historic African-American neighborhoods and commercial districts | #HAANDS

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Congrats @DotFoodCoop on the grand opening ! Great to witness such a milestone for the Dorchester community 🥳
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August is #NationalBlackBusinessMonth, we recognize and support Black-owned businesses and entrepreneurs nationwide. The @NatBankers1927 Foundation recognizes that minority owned and women owned businesses make #communities stronger. 💼 Learn more: nationalbankers.org/foundati…
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On this day in 1865, after white Southerners had extended the enslavement of countless Black people by concealing the Civil War’s end for months, Union troops arrived in Texas. #Juneteenth calendar.eji.org/racial-inju…
June 19th, 1865 | A History of Racial Injustice

June 19th, 1865 | A History of Racial Injustice

On this day, Juneteenth, Black people celebrated the delayed arrival of freedom after being enslaved months after the Civil War's end.

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Wonderful to hear stories about how Historic African American Neighborhood District Summit is organizing to lead with community first, to love neighborhoods and not mistreat them. @MainStreetsConf @_haands @SweetAuburnWork @urbanimpactbhm @SavingPlaces
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Like many Black property owners in Chicago, all of Hansberry’s buildings were eventually appropriated through eminent domain during the urban renewal and highway projects of the 1950s and 60s. His buildings where located in Bronzeville, known as the prosperous “Black Metropolis."
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'Facilitating the Next Golden Age of Black Business' A brilliant piece by @leoncprieto & @drsimonephipps for @mitsmr sloanreview.mit.edu/article/…
Facilitating the Next Golden Age of Black Business | MIT Sloan Management Review

Facilitating the Next Golden Age of Black Business | MIT Sloan Management Review

Lessons from the golden age of Black business can teach today’s leaders how to help Black entrepreneurs prosper.

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Check out this @nytimes's article "8 Places Across the U.S. That Illuminate Black History" featuring grantees of the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund @SavingPlaces nytimes.com/2023/02/05/trave…
8 Places Across the U.S. That Illuminate Black History (Published 2023)

8 Places Across the U.S. That Illuminate Black History (Published 2023)

Over the years, many important African American landmarks have disappeared or fallen into disrepair. An effort to restore them promises a fuller understanding of American history as a whole.

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💚 go tap in and hear a little about I created blckspces/DRBTS & hear some knowledge from Ms. @tanyadebose about Houston! Grateful for the feature and for @_haands allowing me to be apart of the space 🫶🏾
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Check out @_haands! Creating a network of historic Black neighborhoods and biz districts. zcu.io/vV6U Next summit Birmingham Fall 2023. Spotlight a neighborhood for #blackhistorymonth: zcu.io/LnOE #historicpreservation #urbanplanning #culturalheritage
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In a new report, authors offer five recommendations on how city leaders can support Black entrepreneurs’ efforts to improve Black commercial real estate ownership, including creating dedicated city funds for commercial real estate acquisition. brookings.edu/research/five-… 1/3
Five ways city leaders can support Black entrepreneurs’ efforts to ‘buy back the block’ | Brookings

Five ways city leaders can support Black entrepreneurs’ efforts to ‘buy back the block’ | Brookings

When it comes to commercial real estate ownership in majority-Black neighborhoods, Black business owners are often systemically excluded from the economic benefits such ownership can generate, while...

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Aerial footage of Overtown, Miami before and after much of the neighborhood was bulldozed for the construction of I-95 in the 60s. Over 12,000 residents of the neighborhood were displaced for the highway, along with thousands more in subsequent "urban renewal" projects.
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DAY 4: Ujamaa (cooperative economics) - To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together. O.W. Gurley, the founder, wasn't just a Black/Colored man who purchased 40 archers of undesired land that what grew to become... #Kwanzaa
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In Seattle’s Central District sits the unassuming bungalow of world-renowned Black sculptural carver, author, and activist James W. Washington, Jr. and his wife, Janie Rogella Washington. The home is a new member of the National Trust’s #HAHS program: ow.ly/Lkor50LRIXx

How the Artistic Legacy of Dr. James and Janie Washington Continues to Inspire | National Trust for...

One of the newest sites in the Historic Artists Homes and Studios, the Washington Cultural Center celebrates the diversity of the United States’ artistic heritage.

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African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund to elevate the stories/places that evoke African American activism, achievement, and community. Apply for grants by Dec 19 at bit.ly/3F4AWBo #TellTheFullHistory @SavingPlaces
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Thousands Of Records Of Black Residents Saved, Preserved And Now Housed At Woodson Library blockclubchicago.org/2022/10…

Thousands Of Records Of Black Residents Saved, Preserved And Now Housed At Woodson Library

GRAND BOULEVARD — Thousands of historic documents chronicling Black Illinoians lives dating back to the Great Migration now have a permanent home in one

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We absolutely positively cannot do this work alone. We all need super heroes in other historic places. Had the opportunity to share the stage with these queens who are keeping the movement going in North Carolina & Georgia. Now add a lil Texas & the stage is lit! @_haands Summit – at Atlanta, GA
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Raising up the next generation of preservationist! So excited to hear this wonderful news that Tuskegee will be one of the first HBCU"s with an accredited undergraduate program in Historic Preservation. Listen as Mr. Brent Leggs shares about the future. #preservationmatters – at Atlanta, GA
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Who said they’ve never seen Black preservationist. Well here us is! We’re all attending the @_haands Summit learning about new & exciting plans for preserving & revitalizing our historic places. #Afropreservationist
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A space that’s openly, purposely, and intentionally talking about Black places, displacement, and how we build back for US is all I ever asked for in this profession! very powerful keynotes! #haands22 @_haands
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Excellent work you are doing! ✨🙏🏽❤️‍🔥@tanyadebose @_haands – at Espanola, NM
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Our value as a community is non negotiable. We are the authentic living proof of our ancestral past. What they did made us who we are today & the history we speak about is our true legacy. And our legacies should never ever be "for sale". It’s fire here @_haands conference
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