Political Quotes

On the recordJune 21, 2020
Black business owners are less than 10 percent of all businesses owned in the United States.
Said by
Emmett Wilson
Democratic · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Wilson highlights the low percentage of Black-owned businesses in the U.S.

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