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April 18, 2006

Black-Owned Businesses on the Rise

AP, via Fox: “I’m proud,” said Harry Alford, president and CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce. “We’re the fastest-growing segment.” Alford said black entrepreneurs have been helped by improved education levels and increased incomes among black consumers and business owners. Blacks as a group still trail whites in education and income, but they…