<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2021/01/kentucky-state-university-alumna-launched-app-to-highlight-black-businesses.php" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate>01/11/2021</pubDate><title>Kentucky State University alumna launched app to highlight Black businesses</title><author/><summary/><image><img src="/brand-identity-approved-images/news-images/academic-logo-lt-grn-featured-image.jpg" alt="Kentucky State University alumna launched app to highlight Black businesses"/></image><caption/><description>A Kentucky State University alumna recently launched an app designed to highlight Black businesses across the country.  Mariah Bailey created Black American Market (B.A.M.) and said it is available on all platforms.  “I created an app designed to host Black businesses as a consumer convenient resource,” Bailey said in an email, “but we are a company geared toward mainstreaming Black businesses.”  Bailey said she is receiving reques...</description></item>