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Founded in 2014 by lifestyle maven Teri Johnson, the Harlem Candle Company manifested from her passion for scents, jazz music and the historically Black community in the Manhattan borough of New York City.  Originating in her own kitchen, her busi... Continue Reading

The Creole Heritage Folklife Center is located at 1113 West Vine Street in Opelousas, Louisiana.  It seeks to educate the public about the traditional ways of life of African-Americans in their region from the 1900s until the 1950s.  It a... Continue Reading

Located at 96 Knickerbocker Avenue in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, Papa Rozier Farms opened its store doors in 2018.  Haitian American siblings Rubens Amedee and Fredeline “Freddie” Amedee-Benjamin created the boutique store as o... Continue Reading

Headquartered at 2271 South Vasco Road, Suite B in Livermore, California, this non-profit organization was founded by Mac McDonald in 2002.  The objectives of the Association of African American Vintners (AAAV), as per its website, are to “i... Continue Reading

Located at 1972 NY-2 in Petersburg, New York, Soul Fire Farm is unique in its vision, mission and work.  Soul Fire Farm, as per its website, is “an Afro-Indigenous centered community farm committed to uprooting racism and seeding sovereignty in ... Continue Reading

Located at 1311 Kapiolani Boulevard, Suite 203 in Honolulu, Hawaii, the mission of the forthcoming Obama Hawaiian Africana Museum (OHAM), as per its website, is “to preserve, perpetuate & promote the contributions about Africana early settler... Continue Reading

Located at 1116 Phillips Street in Augusta, Georgia, the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History is the only museum dedicated to African-American history in the Central Savannah River region.  Its mission, as per its website, is “to promote... Continue Reading

Named in tribute to the incredible African-American abolitionist and activist Harriet Tubman, the Tubman Museum opened the doors of its latest facility to the public in 2015.  Dedicated to collecting, preserving and promoting African-American ... Continue Reading

The Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, comprised of six buildings, is located at East Leigh Street and North 2nd Street in Richmond, Virginia.  Situated in the historic Jackson Ward neighborhood, it, according to the National Park Servic... Continue Reading