- June 19, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – This weekend will mark the first time Juneteenth is recognized as a state and federal holiday. The day commemorates when thousands of slaves found out they were free on June 19, 1865.
In a new push to celebrate the holiday, Baton Rouge business owners are urging people to spend their money at their favorite minority-owned business.
In a recent report, Black Americans only make up 6% of retail business owners and 8 out of 10 Black-owned businesses fail within the first 18 months.
Robyn Selders, owner of Cupcake Junkie, spoke on the benefits that could come if people funneled their money in Black-owned shops.
“Those dollars go back out when we are giving out philanthropically to different organizations, as well as helping the business owner themselves pull themselves up out of poverty or to a better situation, so we can start building generational wealth,” said Selders.
Despite those statistics, there are some who already feel…
