"Then, came Black Lives Matter," she said, and a rush of sales as customers raced to support Black businesses following the coast-to-coast uprising over the death of an unarmed Black man, George Floyd, under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer. "But for small, Black-owned businesses -- already hard-hit by the pandemic -- this new world poses challenges of its own. Many black-owned small businesses are especially vulnerable now due to the effects of the pandemic, recession and vandalism. And Black-owned businesses have had a harder time receiving federal Covid-19 relief, including the Paycheck Protection Program . "It's important that our youth see Black-owned businesses in the communities where they live," she said.

Source: CNN June 20, 2020 10:41 UTC