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African Unification

Black Rights Boycott

African Unification is compiling
a list of businesses that
continue to minimize our
existence. We strongly urge
OUR people to discontinue
supporting the following
business:

Wal-Mart
McDonalds
Esso
SAMS Club
ExxonMobil

Black Spending Power:

The Power of the Black
Dollar
o Black buying power is currently
$1 trillion, forecasted to increase
up to $1.3 trillion by 2017.
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There are approximately 40

million blacks living in the United
States and represent 13% of the
nations population.

If African-Americans were a
country, wed be the 16th largest
country in the world.

20 cents out of every dollar

blacks spend could
COMPLETELY PAY OFF the
entire external debt of every
African nation.

Dr. Claude
Anderson

If interested in literature
regarding the power of the Black
dollar and Black Economics, see
your bookstore for books by Dr.
Claude Anderson. A sample title
has been listed below.

Powernomics: Outlines a
plan to build the Black
community through
economics, education
and religious
involvement.

African Unification

http://www.africanunification.com/

Whiting, Susan, Cloves Campbell, and Cheryl Pearson-McNeil. Resilient, Receptive and Relevant: The African-American Consumer. Rep. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Jan. 2015.
<http://nnpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/African-American-Consumer-Report-2013.pdf>.

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Supporting
Black Business

The Ujamaa Box is a

monthly subscription that
features products from
Black owned businesses
The Black business directory
is filled with Black owned
businesses that range in
products. It can be found at:

Ways of Saving

www.africanunification.com

Fast Facts on Recycling the

Black dollar:
It takes a dollar 6 hours
to circulate the Black
community.

Only $0.02 cents goes
to Black owned
businesses despite our
buying power being
$1.1 trillion

1. At least once a month, balance

your checking account with
check register, and other records
to review what youve
purchased.
2. Never purchase an expensive
item on impulse. Think over each
expensive purchase for at least
24 hours.
3. To minimize interest charges, try
to limit credit card purchases to
those you can pay off at the end
of the month.

Using your money wisely!

52-week challenge:
Over the next 52 weeks start
with saving $1 during week one
You can use an account or even a
jar or shoe box
Then increase the amount you
save by $1 each eek
Week 2 save $2, , etc. until you
get to week 52 saving $52
If you follow this pattern, at the
end of the 52 weeks you will
have saved $1,378!