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Pancakes and Politics: The Transformation of District 146 Post Hurricane Harvey

12:2017 News, Events

Please join State Representative Shawn Thierry from District 146 and fellow active members of our community for Hot Pancakes (with a side of good politics). The event will be held at Luby’s Restaurant on 1727 Old Spanish Trail, in Houston, Texas on December 23rd, from 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Harvey’s destruction brings Billions of dollars into Houston

09:2017 News, Events

I know we’re still suffering from Harvey, but it’s important to stay on top of state and city contracts -- especially during a storm -- because billions of dollars will be made by businesses, and there is no reason that black businesses can’t benefit.

The road-map to the best Black-Owned BBQ Restaurants in Houston

07:2016 News, Events

6 Black-Owned Restaurants in Houston with a mouth-watering menu.

New Businesses in The Houston Black Pages Directory

07:2016 News, Events

A list of recent Black-Owned businesses added to The Houston Black Pages directory.

10 Classic Christmas Songs Every Black Kid Should Know

12:2015 News, Events

10 Classic Christmas Songs Every Black Kid Should Know

Network Your Way to Success

12:2014 News, Events

As a business professional, I can tell you from personal experience that being part of a networking group (being part of something larger than yourself) can bring great success to your business. The right networking group can help you find new contacts, promote and raise awareness of your business. Being a business owner can have great financial rewards, but at times it can lonely and frustrating. Networking groups give you access to support and advice. You’ll be inspired by others which will help keep your own motivation levels up.

EveriGirl - Because Every Girl is Beautiful

12:2014 News, Events

While playing with her fair skinned doll, a beautiful brown-skinned little girl looked up to her mother, and said that she wished that both she and her mother looked more like her doll, because her doll was beautiful. That is heartbreaking for any mother to hear because what it implies is that at a very young age, children have fallen victim to what society has deemed as beautiful.

Veterans Day Freebies

11:2014 News, Events

These businesses are offering servicemen and women with special offers to celebrate Veterans Day.

6 Breast Cancer Organizations for Black Women

10:2014 News, Events

Every year, more than 25,000 Black women are diagnosed, and the numbers seem to be going up each year. The median age of diagnosis is 57 years for African American women, compared to 62 years old for white women.

Houston Black Business Directory supports Buy-Black Movement

09:2014 News, Events

With Black unemployment rates at an all time high, there is a powerful movement sweeping across the Black community to try and recapture the 1.3 trillion dollar estimated spending power that the Nielson report has projected African Americans will have by 2017. Now just sit back and think about that for a minute because it’s mind boggling. 1.3 trillion dollars. There are 1 million “millions” in a trillion. Hmmm… Put another way, we could give 1.3 million African American businesses 1 million dollars in start-up capital ever year with our GDP. If African Americans were a country, we would be ranked 16th in the world. We have a huge economic power, and we need to use it for our benefit.

Texas Black Labor Movement

09:2014 News, Events

African Americans are known to have participated in labor actions before the Civil War. Black workers found that the National Labor Union (the first national federation of unions) was reluctant to organize them, so they formed their own unions and carried on their own strikes to protest unfair treatment, like the strike of the levee workers in Mobile, Alabama in 1867 and the strike by black caulkers at the Washington Navy Yard in 1835