To expand the economy, invest in Black businesses

A report from the Brookings Institution and Path to 15|55 explores the state of Black-owned employer businesses to set of business development goals. Future goals will provide a shared vision among key players that can drive capital to Black entrepreneurs to start, maintain, and grow their businesses.

The Road to Zero Wealth

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How the racial wealth divide is hollowing out America's middle class.

The $55 Billion Plan

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Accelerating Black-owned businesses to create wealth, jobs and growth.

Path to 15|55 has $100 million in commitments to grow Black businesses

This capital will be used to support policy change at national, state and local levels, and invest directly in Black businesses and the intermediaries that support them. These efforts will be guided by performance metrics defined by the partnerships involved in Path to 15|55. Most immediately, Path to 15|55 will be designing ways to make capital more usable and responsive to the needs of Black businesses.

Black barbers must matter for the economy to really recover

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Amid COVID-19's economic impact, Andre Perry and Tynesia Boyea-Robinson call for intervention to save Black barbershops from financial ruin.

The Laura Coates Show

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Tynesia Boyea-Robinson discusses black businesses during the COVID 19 pandemic.

The Tapestry of Black Business Ownership in America

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This groundbreaking report explores the diversity among Black business owners in the U.S. and illuminates several key findings.

It’s hard to lead a small business during a pandemic. It’s harder when you’re black.

Health risks and trouble accessing capital can be hard on black business owners.

George Floyd’s death demonstrates the policy violence that devalues Black lives

The racial attitudes that lead police to choke Black people are the same that exclude Black people from employment and investment opportunities.