Black Restaurant Week seeks to drive profit, conversation to Black restaurants

When Black Restaurant Week kicks off July 10, it’ll be in the context of a trying year for both the Black community and the restaurant community.  Houston native George Floyd's death in police custody in May created, amid protests, a surge of support for Black-owned businesses nationwide. Similarly, the 2016 death of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and the 2014 death of Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, spurred the creation of Black Restaurant Week to begin with, founder Warren Luckett…