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Share this article SHELBYVILLE, Tenn., June 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today, Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey, the fastest-growing American whiskey brand in U.S. history and the most-awarded Bourbon of 2019 and 2020 worldwide, announced the formation of the Uncle Nearest Venture Fund. The $50 million fund was created specifically to invest in rapidly growing, minority-founded and owned spirit brands. According to Fawn Weaver, Uncle Nearest founder and CEO, it s by design that the timing of the announcement comes on the 100 th anniversary of the destruction of Black Wall Street. Fawn Weaver, Uncle Nearest founder and CEO, and founder of the Uncle Nearest Venture Fund On June 1, 1921, an entire community of wealthy and successful African Americans was wiped out in a matter of hours. We are talking about 35 square blocks known as Black Wall Street, said Weaver. As an African American, learning about that history broke my heart because we, as a people, were really ....
Corrections: March 3, 2021 March 2, 2021 ARTS An article on Monday about winners at the Golden Globes misstated the nationality of Chloé Zhao, who won the award for best director for the drama “Nomadland.” She is Chinese, not American. DINING An article last Wednesday about the chef Gregory Gourdet misstated the composition of the kitchen staff at Kann Winter Village, his pop-up restaurant in Portland, Ore. Seven of the nine staff members are people of color, not all of them. An article last Wednesday about households with more than one refrigerator misstated the surname of a Utah man who owns two. He is Phillip Smith, not King. ....