Keeping the Doors of Opportunity Open for Black Businesses in Houston

Style Magazine Newswire | 5/26/2017, 3:35 p.m.
One of the elements that has helped make Houston a center of opportunity for people of color is the African …
Rodney Ellis/Black Enterprise

Source: Black Enterprise

One of the elements that has helped make Houston a center of opportunity for people of color is the African American politicians representing the area on local, state, and national levels. One of the African American politicians who has seen the dramatic political shifts on the local, state, and county levels has been Rodney Ellis, the former state senator who is now Harris County Commissioner representing Precinct 1, which is primarily the city of Houston. Ellis says that African American politicians must use their muscle to ensure that doors of opportunity remain open in a conservative state. A former head of BE 100s financial services firm Apex Securities roughly 17 years ago, Ellis says that underwriting opportunities are opening up for black investment banks.

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