This is the fifth annual observance of a culturally-responsive campaign to increase employment and sales among the more than 1 million African-American owned companies in the United States and to foster trade with black-owned firms throughout the Diaspora on the African continent, the Caribbean and Europe.
Based on the findings of the annual State of Black Business report, National Black Business Month events encourage policy makers to take concrete steps to make their jurisdictions more attractive to black business owners by increasing
         -- access to capital
         -- promotion of heritage tourism
         -- public and private procurement
         -- use of cutting edge technologies
         -- educational and training opportunities
         -- the exposure of black entrepreneurs
We suggest 31 different ways to support black business on each of the 31 days of August.
To organize events in your state, get your copy of Trouble in the Air: State of Black Business 2008 which includes organizing guides.  Call for more information 415-240-3537  or email us.

Indiana black entrepreneurship

There were 13,889 black self-employed in Indiana, according to 2004 Social Security Administration estimates, 4.36 percent of wage and salary earners. Among whites, 9.55 percent were self-employed. Achieving parity would mean an additional 16,517 black businesses to reach a total of 30,406.
There is a pool of 66,438 black men and 131,045 black women in managerial and professional occupations, as measured by the 2006 American Community Survey.
Black aggregate income was $8.3 billion with a median income of $21,550 in 2006.