A shoe cobbler working in a black-owned business in Washington, DC.
Mandatory Credit:	Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

A shoe cobbler working in a black-owned business in Washington, DC.
Mandatory Credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

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