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If you re looking to support Black-owned businesses while shopping for the holidays this year, you ve come to the right place.
Below, we ve rounded up 28 of the best gifts from Black-owned businesses, big and small.
The holiday season is officially here and gifts are on most people s radar. This year, though, many of us are making a conscious effort to be more inclusive and supportive of diverse communities as we do our shopping. One way to do that during the holidays (and any other time of year) is to buy from Black-owned businesses.
Photo by Michael Edwards, courtesy of Matthew Goins
An idea that came to Matthew Goins as a new parent has now grown into a full-time career even landing a spot in one of the most famous annual holiday gift roundups, Oprah’s Favorite Things. Jigsaw-puzzle company
Puzzle Huddle was created by two Howard University alums, Matthew and his wife Marnel, after they felt there was a the lack of diverse representation of children in toys particularly puzzles.
Photo by Matthew Goins
“Puzzles are a fairly timeless educational tool and almost every child plays with one,” says Matthew. He says that when they bought their own kids their first puzzle, they were disappointed in the diversity in the choices. “I could not find what I thought was a good representation of what should be reflected towards my children.” So Matthew, who already had a passion for arts and crafts and had studied pottery, began making puzzles for his own children, using cardboard, printed high-res images, glu