Shortly after the murder of George Floyd, BuyBlack.org founder, David Derryck, read an article in the Columbia University Magazine entitled Portrait of a Gen-Z Activist featuring Chelsea Miller '18 who said:
“People ask themselves, ‘What would I have done during the civil-rights movement? What would I have done during the time of slavery? Well, this is your answer: whatever you’re doing now.”
Talk about a call to action. In response to Chelsea Miller’s statement, George Floyd’s murder, the continued lack of support and investment in Black businesses and the growing wealth inequality gap, David launched BuyBlack.org, an online directory, to catalog the over 2 million Black-owned businesses in the United States and increase consumer spending at these businesses.
