We Buy Black is the largest online marketplace for black-owned vendors to date. Launched on Juneteenth of 2015 by at the time 23 year old Shareef Abdul-Malik of Washington, DC, WeBuyBlack has grown over the years and continues to provide a community, culture and platform for black-owned businesses and vendors. Malik is a Howard graduate and was inspired by Black Wall Street and the concept of "do-for-self" “It allows small black-owned businesses to grow by being exposed to an