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Get to know Nashville’s new nonprofit, Ownership is the New Black

jewly hight

January 17, 2023

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Last year, Derek Minor, Mimi McCarley and some likeminded colleagues started Ownership is the New Black right here in Nashville. OITNB takes on the racial wealth gap nationwide, and with the founders’ experience in the music business, the nonprofit puts musicians at the center of its multifaceted mission.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Black owned business, Ownership Is the New Black

Meet Cynthia Capers, Tennessee trauma nurse turned poultry farmer

Dereen Shirnekhi

July 25, 2022

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Cynthia Capers never thought that she would be a farmer. As an inner-city girl from Chicago and a self-proclaimed “diva,” it didn’t seem likely.  Even though she went on to become a trauma nurse and clinical researcher, she always felt something pulling her to the land. That dates back to the first time she saw […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: black farmers, Black owned business, farming

Could Nashville’s Lower Broadway Finally See A ‘Renaissance’ Of Live Black Music?

Paige Pfleger

June 25, 2021

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Lower Broadway has not historically been an inviting place for the city’s Black musicians. But there are efforts underway to change that.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Black owned business, music, music business, National Museum of African American Music

Slim & Husky’s Brings Black Culture To Nashville’s Lower Broadway

Ambriehl Crutchfield

January 25, 2021

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Slim & Husky’s Pizza Beeria oozes of Black culture. And it will soon bring that feel — along with Prince’s Hot Chicken Shack — as the first Black businesses on Nashville’s famous Lower Broadway.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Business, History, Metro, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Black owned business, Business, downtown Nashville

Interactive Map: Nashville’s 100+ Black-Owned Food Establishments

Rachel IacovoneandAmbriehl Crutchfield

June 5, 2020

Reporter’s note: Hey, Rachel here. We featured this article in the NashVillager on Feb. 2, 2024. It’d been a minute (or 1,924,667 to be exact), so I’ve since updated the list to remove the couple dozen businesses that have unfortunately closed since 2020 (RIP Dandgure’s) and added a few new ones. Recent protests have put […]

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Black owned business, food, restaurants

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