- July 4, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
June 19 — aka Juneteenth, now a federal holiday celebrating the freedom of Black Americans from slavery — was celebrated via multiple events in Arkansas’ capital city this year. Tanzania native Benito Lubazibwa wanted to put some special meaning in the day by fostering Black economic empowerment.
Lubazibwa’s ReMix Ideas, in partnership with Advancing Black Entrepreneurship-ABE and the Wright Avenue Neighborhood Association, hosted Shop Black @ Wright Avenue, an all-day, outdoor market and festival on Wright Avenue between Marshall and Battery streets.
Gallery: Shop Black at Wright Avenue
[Gallery not loading above? Click here for more photos » arkansasonline.com/74shop/]Vendors, neighborhood businesses and entertainment awaited attendees who came out to support Black businesses by purchasing and using “Black dollars,” made up in $10 denominations. Ten Black dollars had the power to buy $20 in products — “a circulation that generated…
