Empowering Our Future: The Entrepreneurial Call to Action for Black Progress
- James Jerome Hankin
- Jul 21
- 2 min read
July 21, 2025
By: James Jerome Hankins
Commentary: EXCERPT FROM MY BOOK "WHAT WE BLACKS NEED TO DO PART 2"
Lesson #18 for Parents and Students Planning to Register and Vote for Progressives in the November 3, 2026, Mid-Term Elections.
Note: All 435 U.S. House and 33 Senate seats are up for grabs!
Today's word is ENTREPRENEUR — a person who takes a financial risk by starting their own business. Christians refer to this as stepping out on faith. When we, as brothers and sisters, register and vote in sufficient numbers to reclaim the U.S. House and Senate, we can and shall impeach Trump. The over 65,000 jobs that Trump cut will once again be available, and we must prepare ourselves to seize these opportunities.
We must study diligently at all educational levels: high school, trade school, college, and graduate school. If you are currently employed, it is imperative that you strive to learn as much as you can to earn promotions so that you may, if you desire, become an entrepreneur and establish your own business.
I come from a family with a strong entrepreneurial background, including my grandfather, father, two brothers, my wife, and myself. I read about a young Brother who called together four relatives and friends, inviting them to form a group to save $50 a week for two years. At the end of those two years, they successfully purchased a well-researched investment property. And they lived "Happily Ever After." SMILE!
Do you have four friends or relatives who are intelligent, frugal, reliable, honest, and hardworking?
As an African proverb states, "One finger can't pick up a grain."
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT: Read 1 Peter 4:10.
About the author!
James Jerome Hankins is an author, journalist, Realtor®, coach, Army veteran, union member, caregiver, former local NAACP president, 34-year Shop Teacher, and a 1971 graduate of North Carolina A&T State University.
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