The Quarter Charter Investment Group

03/24/2025

The racial makeup of businesses in the United States has evolved over time and varies based on industry, location, and other socioeconomic factors. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Business Survey (ABS) and other sources, here's an overview: 1. White-Owned Businesses Comprise the large...

04/30/2024

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05/14/2023

The Business Incubator Program That Turns Dreams Into Reality Through Strategic Planning and Ex*****on Accepting Applications: 7/27/22 Application Process Ends: 8/5/22Four Participants Selected and Announces: 8/10/22 Program Begins: 8/22/22

04/23/2023

04/16/2023

Celebrating Oscar Devereaux Micheaux born on January 2, 1884. More than 70 years before Tyler Perry Studios, Micheaux built the first Black-owned movie studio and company. He was the writer, director and independent producer of more than 44 films between 1919 and 1948.
His Lincoln Motion Picture Company was the first movie company owned and controlled by black filmmakers, Oscar Micheaux is regarded as the first major Black feature filmmaker, the prominent producer of the so-called race film, and hailed as "the most successful Black filmmaker of the first half of the 20th century”. He produced both silent and sound films when the industry changed to incorporate speaking actors. Micheaux died on March 25, 1951.

04/13/2023

03/05/2023

1916 Sears catalog home. They shipped the entire house to you by railroad car. Sears was like Ikea before Ikea.

Friends and family would come from all around to help the owner build it.

Most were built in New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Sears sold more than 70,000 mail-order homes between 1908 and 1940. Some enthusiasts estimate that about 70% of Sears houses are still standing today.

Sears provided building plans and specifications, along with the lumber and any other materials needed. The shipment included everything from nails, screws, and paint to prebuilt building parts, such as staircases and dining nooks.