Worcester Business Journal
WBJ
June 22, 2020 Volume 31 • Number 10 $2.00
Central Massachusetts' Source for Business News
Black-owned companies –
which are key to hiring minority
employees, injecting wealth into
disadvantaged communities,
and advocating for social justice
issues – make up less than 1%
of Worcester County businesses,
even as black people comprise
6% of the population.
Black
businesses
matter
See story by Grant Welker on Page 6
Eurayshia
Williams Reed,
owner of Worcester
salon Shi-Shi's
Lounge
PHOTO/GRANT WELKER
