Celebrating Juneteenthby highlighting Black-owned businesses

The Juneteenth holiday is Wednesday, but Embrace Boston is celebrating all week with a gala, festival and a block party at Roxbury Community College on Friday. Embrace Boston's Imari Paris Jeffries and "Everybody Gotta Eat" vendor Manny Mervil explain the importance of highlighting black-owned businesses this week.

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Making sure everybody eats. Best way to pop out

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Malcolm X - “if the black man was not so eager to surrender his gun and submit to the gun laws of the liberals, then many of the atrocities perpetuated against the black man would not have occurred.” X - “I much prefer to stand shoulder to shoulder with an armed man who is honest rather than an unarmed Liberal who lies.” X - “Concerning nonviolence, it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.”