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Black Business Features
Throughout August, Black Voices is honoring and celebrating Black Business Month by shining a spotlight on Black-owned businesses across Connecticut. Our goal is to highlight and acknowledge these businesses and the vital role they play in our state’s economic, educational, and social growth. From innovative entrepreneurs to community leaders, we’re sharing the stories that inspire, empower, and strengthen Connecticut.
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For Dyshann Anderson, winning new clients starts with showing up — even when he’d prefer to work quietly behind the scenes. -
Connecticut entrepreneurs Karin Smith of Kindred Thoughts Bookstore, Vincencia "Vee" Adusei of VASE Construction and Yves Joseph of RJ Development open up about the joys and challenges of running a Black-owned business. -
Pizza truck owner Louise Joseph said she remembers the first time she realized people, even in apizza-crazed New Haven, liked her wood-fired pies. -
The festival will be held on the New Haven Green on Saturday, Aug. 16. The event will showcase over 200 Black owned-businesses and organizations, offering products, goods and services, according to city officials. The event is designed to advance inclusive economic growth. -
Black entrepreneur Jay Norris built Guesst Software to help landlords and tenants share accurate sales data, overcoming challenges in the tech world with innovation and persistence.
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Provided by AuthorThis hour, we break down a pivotal year in history with Peniel E. Joseph, the author of 'Freedom Season: How 1963 Transformed America’s Civil Rights Revolution.' -
Ryan Caron King/Connecticut PublicOn this episode of Audacious, meet 3 skaters: a pop-up event founder, a jam skating champ, and a human roller skate who bombs mountains at 70 mph. -
Bob Adelman/Republished with permission from Adelman ImagesMany people visit the beach during summer, but not all residents have access to our sandy shores. This hour, a peek behind the so-called "Sand Curtain" and beach segregation in Connecticut. -
Joe Amon/Connecticut PublicWe look at the tradition of Juneteenth and recognize its importance as a time to learn more about Black history in the U.S. -
Tyler Russell/Connecticut PublicWe speak with two high school students who have pushed for expanded access to transportation, and we learn about the history of high school activism, including instances of FBI surveillance. -
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North AmericaIt has been five years since George Floyd was murdered. We'll discuss whether rates of police violence have changed and try to understand the broader historical context of 2020's protests.
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As a Black-owned business, Sterling Family Medicine strives to make patients feel seen by practitioners who understand their life experiences. -
Chamber musicians from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) will be in New Haven Friday to perform works by HBCU composers. -
In the Spring of 2024, CoDE’s Education Chair Christi Moraga, a career teacher who has served on multiple national book award committees, proposed a multicultural book drive. CoDE would offer to donate four award-winning children’s books to a host of libraries across the county. Librarians, including those at Gilead Hill School and Hebron Elementary, picked a wishlist of four books off a larger list. But CoDE was quickly notified that the Hebron school librarians would not be accepting these books. -
Carter’s mother offered a prayer for her daughter at the ceremony Friday afternoon. Despite her ambitious personality, it took ten years of service for Carter to realize that she wanted to be a chief. -
UConn faces a $134M deficit, but its real crisis lies in a weak endowment, state cuts and tuition spikes. Former faculty leader Jeffrey Ogbar breaks down what’s at stake.
StoryCorps: featuring Black Voices
StoryCorps has been animating select stories since 2010, translating its trove of award-winning audio recordings to screens both big and small. StoryCorps’ animations share the wisdom of humanity through dynamic visuals in a variety of animation styles.
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