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Midtown Atlanta business owner says her prayers have been answered [Video]

A community came together to help a local business.

It’s a Black-owned business that sells Black-owned brands and it’s all women-owned.

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Aisha Taylor Issah owns a store that’s open every day of the week. But even she takes a day of rest, and for good reason.

“I was in church praying for a blessing, because we’ve been having a hard time with the business,” Issah told Channel 2’s Berndt Petersen.

The Sistah Shop has been in Midtown Atlanta for two and a half years. But the last several months have been a struggle financially, and word got around.

A few Sundays back, while at church, Issah got an urgent phone call from the shop, telling her to come quickly.

“When I opened those doors and saw that mob, it blew me away,” Issah said.

“When my ‘Sistah’ wins, we all win,” the crowd shouted.

Nearly 200 customers were led by Atlanta author and influencer Nehemiah Davis. They had …

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