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Buy Black, it's the best way to fight back

Economic boycott is the only way to make oppressors sit up and listen.

Compiled below is a list produced by 'Buy Black Economics' who aim to help and foster black communities through economic empowerment and entrepreneurship.

They have an informative facebook page, with links to some of their community work - FaceBook Link

BLACK OWNED ALTERNATIVES TO MAJOR BRANDS

Emerging Black-Owned Business
Cookies Ms. Field’s Cookies Favorable Treats
favorabletreats.com

Energy Bars Kind Bars
Nature Valley Bars

Power Bars

Loadebar
https://www.loadebar.com/www

Bath and Beauty Products
Dove

Lime Green
https://brooklynlimegreen.com/

Nubian Heritage
https://www.nubianheritage.com/

Shea Moisture
http://www.sheamoisture.com/

Pooka Pure and Simple
http://www.pookapureandsimple.com/

Belle Butters
http://www.bellebutters.com/category/skincare

Camile Rose Naturals
http://www.camillerosenaturals.com/

Karen’s Body Beautiful – Hair products for natural hair by a Bed Stuy native – available at Target
http://www.karensbodybeautiful.com/

Ixora Botanical Beauty
http://ixorabotanicalbeauty.bigcartel.com/about

Nuekie – Natural skin care for dry skin formulated by a black woman chemist
http://www.nuekie.com/

The Mane Choice – Hair vitamins and hair products
http://www.themanechoice.com/

Naturally Me – Vegan Body Products for Dry Skin
www.naturallyme.us

Sheamakery – high end bath products that look like desserts
http://www.sheamakery.com/

Gift Baskets Wine and Country Gift Baskets
Taikun Cos , LLC Riding Hood Baskets
http://ridinghoodbaskets.com/

Bookstores Barnes and Nobles Hueman Bookstore
http://www.huemanbookstore.com/

Special Interest Books by Black Publishers Penguin books Kids
Simon and Schuster

Just Us Books – Publisher and Distributor of books for children of color
http://www.justusbooksonlinestore.com/

Independently published books for teens and adults include Afro-State of Mind by Lurie Favors, Afros: A Celebration of Natural Hair by Michael July and One Drop by Yaba Blay.

Independently published books for children include Sunne’s Gift by Ama Yawson, The Ghanaian Goldilocks by Tamara Pizzoli and Thunder and Lightening by Mary Evans which are all available on Amazon.

Spas Bliss Spa
Elizabeth Arden Spas

Support a local black-owned spa in your area by going to the link below.
http://www.spaindex.com/special-features/black-owned-spas/

Wines Yellow Tail Wines Heritage Link Brands is a black-owned distributor of black-owned South African wine companies including Seven Sisters, House of Mandela, M’hudi and One World
http://www.heritagelinkbrands.com/

Seven Sisters
http://www.sevensisters.co.za/

Bee D’vine wine is a brand of Ethiopian honey wine which is black-owned and produced in California. A certain portion of revenue is used for reforestation projects in Ethiopia.
http://www.beedvine.com/

Tea Teavana Loose Leaf Teas that inspire creativity and productivity
http://www.possibiliteas.co/

Baby Food Earth’s Best Organic
Happy Baby

Sista Girl Baby Food
http://www.sistagirlmidwifery.com/sgmw/










BLACK OWNED ALTERNATIVES TO MAJOR BRANDS

Women’s Clothing

Uptown Girl – Trendy Fashions
http://uptowngirl.com/

Blue Labels Boutique- Trendy Fashions
http://www.bluelabelsboutique.com/

Busayo NYC -African print in modern styles
http://www.busayonyc.com/

Rue 114 – African inspired with plus sizes
http://www.rue114.com/

Antisparkle – Inspirational T-Shirts
http://www.antisparkle.com/

Men’s Clothing

B. Oyama – High end Italian suits with Parisian style
http://boyamaonline.com/

Martin de Tours – Custom Made Suits owned by Bed Stuy Local
http://mdtclothier.com/


Kool Nerd – Inspirational T-Shirts. Some of the proceeds from sales go to promoting science, technology, engineering, art and math among children of African descent.
http://www.koolnerdclothing.com/

Brooklyn Circus – Trendy Street-Wear
http://thebkcircus.com/

Children’s Clothing

Mixed Up Clothing – Spring and summer multicultural fashion
http://www.mixedupclothing.com/.

Gbekembe Girls – African inspired fashion that grows with your girls
http://www.gbekembe.com/,

Women’s Shoes

Shane and Shawn – Stylish Shoes which are designed to be comfortable.
http://shaneandshawn.com/

Samanta Shoes – Stylish shoes for women with larger feet.
http://www.samantashoes.com/

Fever Shoes – Trendy Shoes
http://www.fevershoes.com/

Children’s Shoes Stride Rite Joojos – Artisinal baby and toddler shoes made from Italian leathers and partially-hand crafted in Romania.
http://www.joojos.com/

Watches

Banneker Watches
http://banneker1753.com/


Handbags


Love Cortnie
http://www.lovecortnie.com/

Christopher Augmon
http://augmon-com.myshopify.com/

Jewelry

Kah Yoot
http://www.kahyoot.com/

Rachel Stewart
http://rachelstewartjewelry.com/

V Creations
http://vcreations.biz/

Precious Heart Designs
www.preciousheartdesigns.com.

Intimate Apparel

Urban Intima
https://squareup.com/market/urban-intima

Dolls

Sugarfoot Ragdolls and Books
http://sugarfoots.com/

Natural Girls United – Natural Hair Dolls
http://www.naturalgirlsunited.com/natural-hair-dolls.html

Children’s Educational Products

Smartcoos – Language programs for Mandarin, Spanish and more. http://www.smartcoos.com/

Sweet Blackberry Videos – Created by Karyn Parsons to teach important stories of African American triumph
http://sweetblackberry.org/

Greeting Cards
http://www.black-cards.com/

Shaving Products
https://getbevel.com/



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