Hear from small business owners what it means to be Black-owned [Video]

Throughout February, FOX43 News shined the spotlight on Black-owned businesses in Central Pennsylvania.

Showing uniqueness, individuality, culture and the arts, FOX43 visited several businesses and learned what it means to be Black-owned, as well as listened to what challenges the owners had to overcome to get to where they are today.

In the U.S., Black-owned businesses originated in the days of slavery before 1865, according to Wikipedia. The site states that the most rapid growth came in the early 20th century, as the increasingly rigid Jim Crow system of segregation moved urban Black people into a community large enough to support a business establishment. Sixty years later since the abolishment of Jim Crow laws, Black-owned businesses are still thriving.

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