Wisconsin Black Pages connects people with Black-owned businesses For more than two decades, a woman in Milwaukee has been helping people find African American owned businesses to patronize. Shelia Payton has been doing it through a directory called the Wisconsin Black Pages. and last updated 2021-02-06 23:35:28-05 MILWAUKEE â For more than two decades, a woman in Milwaukee has been helping people find African American owned businesses to patronize. Shelia Payton has been doing it through a directory called the Wisconsin Black Pages. Courtesy: Wisconsin Black Pages Wisconsin Black Pages, 2021 Edition âThe purpose was to get people to buy from Black-owned businesses and not for any other reason other than economic,â said Payton.