Some began before Black Americans could vote, and a few before some of their founders’ relatives were free. All of them are still trading, which is the remarkable part. The businesses below survived Reconstruction, Jim Crow, redlining and the routine denial of loans and insurance to Black owners. Continuous operation across that history is not a small achievement, and every one on this list is still open. E.E. Ward Moving Widely recognized as the oldest continuously operating Black-owned business in the country, founded in Columbus, Ohio in 1881. It began as a two-horse operation whose earliest work reportedly included ferrying

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