"My Shades & Texture" associates Amil Chappell and Kayla Quinnie join proprietor Pam Thompson, who opened her business four months before the pandemic hit. Photo by Kimberly DeFalco

Evelyn Igbinosum, along with her husband Taiwo, have been operating "African Extravaganza" for 26 years in Tampa. Photo by Kimberly DeFalco

Gabriel Castro, a first-generation immigrant studying mass communications at USF. Provided by Gabriel Castro

Artists Dacota Maphis and Daniel DeWindt of Safety Harbor order sushi at Chiang Mai Thai and Sushi Bar in downtown Clearwater. Photos by Amber Sigman

A consumer supporting locally owned black businesses. Amber Sigman