E.E. Ward Owner Featured on All Sides With Ann Fisher

Columbus, Ohio is home to some of the oldest Black-owned businesses in the country. E.E. Ward is proudly the oldest black-owned business in the United States. Brian Brooks (president of E.E. Ward) was invited to talk with Ann Fisher on her WOSU show All Sides to discuss the history of Black-owned business in the Columbus area, as well as the current state and future of the businesses.

Brian Brooks was joined on this interview by:

• Erica Thompson, reporter for The Columbus Dispatch
• Deonna Barnett, Founder, CEO, and managing consultant, Aventi Enterprises LLC
• J. Averi Frost, Executive Director of the Central Ohio African American Chamber of Commerce

To read more and to listen to the show, click here.