August is Black Business Month and #BlackGirlMagic Was Abundant
August 2018 gave us the first ever WakandaCon, Rihanna became the first Black woman to grace the cover of British Vogue, Black women finally made Forbes list of Most Powerful Women, and we lost our Queen, Aretha Franklin.
See more highlights below…
August is #NationalBlackBusinessMonth: Check out these 30 phenomenal Black women owned businesses who make up our Business & Finance Twitter list – https://t.co/BfIgFT3Eop
— Black Girls Allowed (@BlkGirlsAllowed) August 25, 2018
Take a Bow: Rihanna Is the 1st Black Woman to Grace the Cover of British Vogue’s September Issue – https://t.co/y809RqwoGH #GoogleAlerts
— Black Girls Allowed (@BlkGirlsAllowed) August 3, 2018
This Black Woman’s Commissioned Sculpture of President Roosevelt Is On Every American Dime https://t.co/ExBJUpQbBC
— Black Girls Allowed (@BlkGirlsAllowed) August 3, 2018
#BlackWomensEqualPayDay – Despite Progress, Black Women Are Paid Only 62.5% of What Men Make. Here’s How to Fix That – https://t.co/pcOJbCwuiK #GoogleAlerts
— Black Girls Allowed (@BlkGirlsAllowed) August 7, 2018
#BlackWomensEqualPayDay – Fuck You! Pay Us! pic.twitter.com/1RXrupJS6Q
— Black Girls Allowed (@BlkGirlsAllowed) August 7, 2018
A Chicago hotel was transformed over the weekend into the mythical African nation of Wakanda as about 2,000 “Black Panther” fans attended the first-ever WakandaCon https://t.co/p1SqtZjgUH pic.twitter.com/OO11FQDgHv
— CNN (@CNN) August 8, 2018
Because we’ve been getting so much ? from the #UK we will be highlighting Black women business owners in the United Kingdom for #BlackBusinessMonth! Pitch your business: https://t.co/mePWT3iCIP pic.twitter.com/Pjsy3oJe0F
— Black Girls Allowed (@BlkGirlsAllowed) August 8, 2018
The goal of #BlackBusinessMonth is to support the economic development, retail promotion, job creation and technology innovation of black-owned businesses.
To find black-owned businesses to support throughout the year, check out https://t.co/tfHCvzd86d pic.twitter.com/KJFBbjWuAm
— PaSenateDems (@PaSenateDems) August 8, 2018
Black women are the reason men have higher incomes.
Marriage to a black woman not only raises the income of black men who marry them, but also white men.
White men who are married to black women have higher incomes than those married to white ones.
BLACK WOMEN make HHI higher. https://t.co/9AtrXY4huv
— Kim Love (@kimmaytube) August 8, 2018
.@LenaWaithe explains why she cut her hair: “I felt like I was holding onto a piece of femininity that would make the world feel comfortable with who I am” #HFPA pic.twitter.com/GTlxZJ11uO
— Variety (@Variety) August 10, 2018
Meet the 26-year-old Black woman who owns her own accredited international college – https://t.co/2iCGDNizgm #GoogleAlerts
— Black Girls Allowed (@BlkGirlsAllowed) August 16, 2018
Katie Cannon, 68, Dies; Lifted Black Women’s Perspective in Theology – https://t.co/NG03VFppoA #GoogleAlerts
— Black Girls Allowed (@BlkGirlsAllowed) August 16, 2018
Rest well, Queen! pic.twitter.com/YAyEnow0pj
— Black Girls Allowed (@BlkGirlsAllowed) August 16, 2018
I have many memories of me coming into her home and she would be playing the piano and singing. Words can’t describe the pain I’m feeling, but God is telling me that she is at peace. Today we lost an icon, a legend, but today I lost my grandma. I love u and imma make u proud ? pic.twitter.com/cSFK5pibEV
— Victorie
(@TDirt__) August 16, 2018
LAPD Celebrates First African-American Woman to Achieve Deputy Chief Rank – https://t.co/iu7RLIq2nd #GoogleAlerts
— Black Girls Allowed (@BlkGirlsAllowed) August 18, 2018
The New York Times Pays Tribute to Overlooked Black Women Who’ve Made History – https://t.co/2fi9ag3ai5 #GoogleAlerts
— Black Girls Allowed (@BlkGirlsAllowed) August 20, 2018
How Two Black Women Are Changing The Craft Beer Game in Harlem (For The Culture) – https://t.co/tUp9VfK4yQ #GoogleAlerts
— Black Girls Allowed (@BlkGirlsAllowed) August 21, 2018
101 Black Owned Restaurants You Need To Try In All 50 States! – https://t.co/oxh1IfzBuE
— Black Girls Allowed (@BlkGirlsAllowed) August 21, 2018
— CORPREG I.O.B (@IsiomaO) August 20, 2018
Why The (Shockingly) Low WNBA Salaries Are Unjustified https://t.co/e1h4r4pq2f via @bexcelonline
— Black Girls Allowed (@BlkGirlsAllowed) August 25, 2018
What it’s really like to be Black and work in fashion. – https://t.co/zRygvqEXOG #GoogleAlerts
— Black Girls Allowed (@BlkGirlsAllowed) August 25, 2018
You can take the superhero out of her costume, but you can never take away her superpowers. #justdoit pic.twitter.com/dDB6D9nzaD
— Nike (@Nike) August 25, 2018
See The Beautiful Black Women and Men Of 2018 AFROPUNK – https://t.co/XbACSLSjuD #GoogleAlerts
— Black Girls Allowed (@BlkGirlsAllowed) August 26, 2018
It took decades for Katherine Johnson to be recognized for her integral work at NASA—until Hidden Figures came along.
Today, the living legend turns 100. Happy Birthday!
?https://t.co/AHKWkBFDEl pic.twitter.com/TrEv2zXPRd
— MAKERS (@MAKERSwomen) August 26, 2018
African American Women Make It to the 18th List of Forbes Most Powerful Women https://t.co/yaZ4JhQxJ2
— Black Girls Allowed (@BlkGirlsAllowed) August 31, 2018
