Two Fights, One Month: Black August, Black Business Month, and the Right to Exist

Black August and Black Business Month aren't the same thing different founders, different decades, different purpose. They just happen to share a month. But once you look closely, that's not as random as it sounds.

From George Jackson to the burning of Black Wall Street, this week's piece traces how freedom and ownership were never two separate fights just the same fight, aimed at two different places where a system needs you contained.

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