Founded by Dr. Booker T. Washington – August 23, 1900
“At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion itself, there must be for our race, as for all races, an economic foundation, economic prosperity, economic independence.”
– Booker T. Washington, Founder of The National Business League
THE 126TH
NATIONAL BUSINESS LEAGUE
CONFERENCE
Annual Membership
ELIGIBILITY: Open to U.S. citizens who seek to support, access, and patronize Black Business Enterprises (BBEs), markets, and cultural enterprises while helping circulate the Black dollar globally.
Annual Membership
ELIGIBILITY: Open to U.S. citizens, organizations, associations, cooperatives, and community groups seeking membership in the National Alliance for Black Business (NABB), committed to building sovereign communities rooted in Black ownership, control, and economic cooperation.
Annual Membership
ELIGIBILITY: Open to undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in accredited HBCUs, community colleges, universities, and institutions of higher learning in the United States.
Annual Membership
ELIGIBILITY: Open to U.S.-based licensed, certified, and credentialed professionals, consultants, influencers, and career leaders across the public, private, government, and philanthropic sectors.
Annual Membership
ELIGIBILITY: Open to U.S.-based businesses that are at least 51% Black-owned and controlled.
Annual Membership
ELIGIBILITY: Open to U.S.-based businesses of all ownership types seeking growth, market access, and economic integration—regardless of race, creed, color, or orientation—based purely on merit.
Annual Membership
ELIGIBILITY: Open to U.S.-based associations, chambers, nonprofits, universities, government agencies, faith-based, professional organizations, fraternities and sororities.
Annual Membership
ELIGIBILITY: Open to U.S.-based federal, state, county, municipal, township, historic town, and settlement governments seeking structured engagement with verified business enterprises, supplier pipelines, and economic development partnerships.
Annual Membership
ELIGIBILITY: Open to U.S. and international capital providers across all asset classes, including traditional and nontraditional lenders, banks, credit unions, grantmakers, venture capital firms, angel investors, private equity groups, family offices, impact funds, and alternative financing platforms seeking structured access to verified business enterprises worldwide.
Annual Membership
ELIGIBILITY: Open to U.S.-based and multinational corporations operating in the United States with 50 or more employees seeking structured engagement with verified business enterprises and national economic development partnerships.
Annual Membership
ELIGIBILITY: Open exclusively to verified Black Business Enterprises (BBEs) and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) seeking permanent membership access and long-term participation in The National Business League (NBL) ecosystem.
Annual Membership
ELIGIBILITY: Open to individuals worldwide who desire to support, access, and patronize Black-owned businesses, markets, and cultural enterprises serving the Pan-Black Diaspora across Africa, the Caribbean, North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania (including Australia and the Pacific Islands).
Annual Membership
ELIGIBILITY: Open to international organizations, associations, cooperatives, chambers, and community groups committed to building sovereign communities rooted in Black ownership, control, and economic cooperation serving the Pan-Black Diaspora across Africa, the Caribbean, North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania (including Australia and the Pacific Islands).
Annual Membership
ELIGIBILITY: Open to undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in accredited universities, colleges, technical institutes, and HBCUs serving the Pan-Black Diaspora across Africa, the Caribbean, North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania (including Australia and the Pacific Islands).
Annual Membership
ELIGIBILITY: Open to undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in accredited universities, colleges, technical institutes, and HBCUs serving the Pan-Black Diaspora across Africa, the Caribbean, North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania (including Australia and the Pacific Islands).
Annual Membership
ELIGIBILITY: Open to Black-owned businesses (51% or more ownership) serving the Pan-Black Diaspora across Africa, the Caribbean, North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania (including Australia and the Pacific Islands).
Annual Membership
ELIGIBILITY: Open to international businesses of all ownership types serving the Pan-Black Diaspora across Africa, the Caribbean, North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania (including Australia and the Pacific Islands) seeking growth, market access, and economic integration—based purely on merit.
Annual Membership
ELIGIBILITY: Open to international chambers, NGOs, universities, trade associations, and government-aligned institutions serving the Pan-Black Diaspora across Africa, the Caribbean, North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania (including Australia and the Pacific Islands).
Annual Membership
ELIGIBILITY: Open to international national, regional, provincial, municipal, township, historic town, and settlement governments serving the Pan-Black Diaspora across Africa, the Caribbean, North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania (including Australia and the Pacific Islands) seeking structured engagement with verified business enterprises, supplier pipelines, and economic development partnerships.
Annual Membership
ELIGIBILITY: Open to U.S. and international capital providers across all asset classes, including traditional and nontraditional lenders, banks, credit unions, grantmakers, venture capital firms, angel investors, private equity groups, family offices, impact funds, and alternative financing platforms serving the Pan-Black Diaspora seeking structured access to verified business enterprises worldwide.
Annual Membership
ELIGIBILITY: Open to multinational corporations serving the Pan-Black Diaspora across Africa, the Caribbean, North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania (including Australia and the Pacific Islands) seeking structured engagement with verified business enterprises and international economic development partnerships.
Annual Membership
ELIGIBILITY: Multinational corporations serving the Pan-Black Diaspora across Africa, the Caribbean, North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania (including Australia and the Pacific Islands).
– Booker T. Washington, Founder
1895 Atlanta Exposition Address
Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition Speech, September 18, 1895.
Booker T. Washington stressed the importance of business development and enterprise ownership as a core function to lead black people towards economic liberation, independence, and freedom.
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