Open for global business. A turnout of nearly 3,000 attendees at The National Black Business Conference promotes global Black, African unity, building alliances and more

ATLANTA—The National Business League (NBL), founded 124 years ago by Mr. Booker T. Washington, continues in its pursuit of meaningful, Black economic inclusion. Two years ago, NBL formulated an alliance creating prominence on the world stage. Combining the organizational efforts and skillsets of The National Black Chamber of Commerce and The World Conference of Mayors, they formed the National Alliance of Black Business (NABB) with the expressed commitment to mobilize the nation’s leading Black business, political and cultural institutions. This commitment showed up at this year’s National Black Business Conference held at the downtown Hilton Atlanta Hotel on August 21-25, with the theme, “We are Together.”  The gathering not only built upon the success of last year’s conference, which commemorated the 30th Anniversary of the National Black Chamber of Commerce with more than 1,900 attendees, this year marks the 40th Anniversary of The World Conference of Mayors and pays homage to the 50 years since the inaugural Southern Conference of Black Mayors held at the very same Hilton Atlanta Hotel, convened by Atlanta’s first Black Mayor at that time the Honorable Maynard Jackson. Advertisement From the left, the Honorable Mamaka Bility, Minister of State Without Portfolio, Republic of Liberia; NBL...