Black Designers Navigate Steep Barriers to Financing
Image courtesy of Jamie Williams and Charles Royals, co-founders of Naclo Apparel Black entrepreneurs face enduring challenges finding investments, though some are still finding new avenues during the pandemic. When Jamie Williams and Charles Royals embarked on a DIY-style casualwear project last March, it seemed to be an experiment to weather the COVID-19 lockdowns that were starting to go into place. As they began to quarantine with Williams’ parents in Durham, N.C., the du