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Black News Hour Episode 14

Business leaders of Black Owned Bos., Everybody Gotta Eat, BECMA talk about the power of entrepreneurship

The Globe’s Jeneé Osterheldt spoke with locals about how they got their companies started and the importance of supporting Black-owned businesses in the latest episode of “Black News Hour.”
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Black News Hour Episode 14
Entrepreneurship was the focus of the latest episode of “Black News Hour” in observance of Black Business Month.

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BOLD TYPES

Jae’da Turner’s Black Owned Bos. started on Instagram. Now it’s a pop-up on Newbury Street

The 30-year-old founder has worked with real estate development groups to host pop-up marketplaces featuring Black-owned businesses across Greater Boston.

At the helm of BECMA, Nicole Obi wants to close the racial wealth gap

The new president and CEO of the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts has a four-pillar plan to improve equity in the Commonwealth.

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Boston University's Center for Antiracist Research and The Boston Globe's Opinion team are collaborating to resurrect and reimagine The Emancipator, the first abolitionist newspaper in the United States, founded more than 200 years ago.

Discussing Race in Boston

This Facebook group was designed for Bostonians to connect with one another and Globe reporters about the issues facing our city.

the emancipator's Co-editors

DEBORAH D. DOUGLAS
Deborah D. Douglas is co-editor in chief of The Emancipator. She has served as the Eugene S. Pulliam Distinguished Visiting Professor of Journalism at DePauw University; senior leader at The OpEd Project, which amplifies underrepresented expert voices; and managing editor of MLK50: Justice Through Journalism. Douglas is author of “Moon U.S. Civil Rights Trail: A Traveler’s Guide to the People, Places, and Events That Made the Movement.”

AMBER PAYNE
Amber Payne is co-editor in chief of The Emancipator. She was a 2021 Nieman fellow at Harvard University. She formerly served as managing editor of BET.com, leading editorial and digital video strategy; executive producer of Teen Vogue and Them; and, in 2015, launched NBCBLK, a section of NBCNews.com dedicated to elevating the conversation around Black identity, social issues, and culture. Amber started her career at NBC Nightly News producing breaking news and feature stories.