Atlanta’s Black-Owned Businesses Being Highlighted With Expo

After helping over a hundred moms launch their own businesses, serial entrepreneur DeAndrea Byrd plans to help bring more visibility to black-owned businesses for Black History Month. The Black History 2020 Expo is scheduled to be held at the Greenbriar Mall on Feb. 15, 2020 and will combine business with education.
“The expo is essentially dedicated to Atlanta's talented youth entertainers, artists and small business owners who continue to contribute to one of the most well-known cities in the nation when it comes to Black history,” said Byrd. “This is the birthplace of legends like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, and former mayor tuned ambassador Andrew Young, this is where Moorehouse and Spelman still stand as leaders amongst historically black colleges and universities, this is the new Hollywood thanks to Tyler Perry and other black-owned studios, and where musicians start before they go global. Atlanta has become a Black mecca and we want to showcase people who capture that essence and have a place where youth can pledge to continue to build on that foundation.”
Byrd says that young people need older members of the community to support them, mentor them and help them navigate their businesses and talents. A business coach herself, Byrd has helped many small business owners develop their foundations, create additional streams of income, develop digital products and transform failures into flourishing companies.
“This event is so much more than just learning about those who have gone before us,” said Byrd of the expo. “It’s also about taking that history and applying it to our present situation so that in the future we are also contributors, risk-takers and history makers for future generations.”