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September 1, 2017 - MEMPHIS, TN: Darrell Cobbins, president and principal broker at Universal Commercial Real Estate, LLC, stands for a portrait near his office in downtown Memphis.

Memphis Pushes to Level the Playing Field for Black Entrepreneurs

This article originally appeared at HuffingtonPost.com on September 18th, 2017
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Samuel Peace opened Peace Realty in 1959, a company whose legacy includes building Memphis’ first neighborhood for middle-income African-Americans ― the 600-home Lakeview Gardens subdivision.

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