When the System Fails, Black Women Build Their Own

When the System Fails, Black Women Build Their Own

Entrepreneurship for Black women has never just been about business — it’s been about survival, legacy, and lifting others along the way.

Jewel Ham Paints The Dynamic Lives Of Black Women On Canvas

JD Barnes JEWEL HAM A Black woman with tousled curls stands in her kitchen staring deeply into the great beyond. Dressed in nothing but a green satin bra, burgundy velvet boxers, and a sheer, pale pink shawl, she hovers in time — with a butcher knife in one hand, and a red onion in the other, she contemplates her own layers as she carves through real ones.  These are the moments that move Jewel Ham to paint Black women. This piece, titled, “and…