50 Most Powerful Black Enterprise magazine recently placed both Nashville (#4) and Memphis (#8) on its list of the 10 “Top Cities for African Americans,” making Tennessee the only state to have multiple cities highlighted in the survey. The rankings offer considerable reason to boast. Criteria cited in the selection of the cities included income earning potential, cost of living, housing prices and entrepreneurial opportunities. More... Owning a Piece of the Rock Trailblazers. Pioneers. Forerunners. In Memphis, such words evoke images of civil rights crusaders from decades past. But viewed through a 21st Century lens, the labels well describe a different class of African-American barrier-breaker hailing from the Bluff City—namely, two of the first black businessmen in America ever to own a piece of a major professional sports franchise More...
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