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(BPRW) ClickUrban is Mobilizing Black-Owned Businesses for Success with their Online Business Directory | Press releases
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Unity Bank hosted PPP discussion with Trump administration - DefenderNetwork.com
This past week, Unity National Bank’s Atlanta Branch held a roundtable discussion featuring Vice President Mike Pence, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Purdue, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and local recipients of the Small Business
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Charter Invests $10 Miliion Dollars with National Urban League and National Action Network to Assist Black-Owned Small Businesses in Underserved Communities
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Smokey Robinson
Smokey Robinson is a famous American singer and songwriter, who had a successful career both as part of the group “The Miracles” and as a solo artist. He was born as William  Robinson, Jr. on February 19, 1940 to a poor family in Detroit. His mother died when he was very young so he was
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SBA provides $20 billion to small businesses through the economic disaster program | Atlanta Daily World
On July 11, the U.S. Small Business Administration announced the conclusion and success of the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Advance program, which provided U.S. small businesses, non-profits and agricultural businesses a total of $20 billion in emergency funding.  In order to assist the
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New Round of Milwaukee Restart Grants for Businesses - Milwaukee Community Journal
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SBA Loan Program Changes, But Not Soon Enough For Milwaukee-Based African American Group - African American News Today - EIN News
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Gov. Abbott says Texas facing ‘Massive’ COVID-19 outbreak
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Whitehead, Arch Colson “Colson” (1969- )
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Biden-Harris Administration Commits to Ensure Government Spending with Black and Minority-Owned Media Businesses
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PayPal Announces $530 Million Commitment to Support Black Businesses, Strengthen Minority Communities and Fight Economic Inequality – Free Press of Jacksonville
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1963
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