Charlotte’s Black Entrepreneurs Prep for Share of DNC Dollars

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Inside the Historic Excelsior Club Wednesday evening, prominent civil rights attorney James Ferguson II stood surrounded by dozens of fellow black entrepreneurs. Years back, he'd bought this club, preserving a longtime Charlotte hub of black social life and politics. But Ferguson wasn't there for a party. Ferguson, 68, is heading a new coalition of businesspeople to do what he's done for the past four decades: spearhead a cause. This time around, his focus is the Democratic National Convention - and economic inclusion for minorities when millions of dollars come to Charlotte.