Find your way
Destinations.
Every place across the newBWS ecosystem, grouped by what you came to do. Each carries an honest status: live and open to anyone, members only, or a sister property still finding its feet.
Find and back a business
The directory and the ways into it.
LiveDirectorySearch Black-owned businesses by name, category, and city.
LiveBuy BlackThe buy-Black movement: find and back Black-owned businesses near you.
LiveCollectionsCurated Black-owned brands you can order online.
LiveThe Black BookshelfBlack-owned bookstores, the banned books, and where to buy them.
Money and ownership
Grow a business and own the network.
Learn and cite
Learning, and the open data behind the work.
LiveHomeroomHomeroom: programs and scholarships for your family.
LiveVoteCheck you're registered, make your plan, bring your people.
LiveRoll CallThe game. Who's pulling up?
LiveThe AcademyPractitioner-taught learning. Public overview; the courses open to members.
LiveBookstore open dataThe open, citable dataset behind the Black Bookshelf.
For members
Behind the member sign-in.
The wider ecosystem
Sister properties. These leave newBWS.
LiveLeaves newBWSThe LedgerA monument to Black American history and enterprise.
LiveLeaves newBWSHBCUsEvery historically Black college and university in America, on one map. Records from The Ledger.
LiveLeaves newBWSBanned BooksThe banned-books record, on The Ledger.
Waitlist openLeaves newBWSHarvestBlack farms meeting institutional tables. The site is up; the marketplace is pre-launch.
By applicationLeaves newBWSTheCookoutThe cultural members club, a separate brand, entry by application.