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Black Pound Day

Black Pound day was first started in the United Kingdom in 2011 by the Black Pound Society. The society was started by Dean Alexander in Birmingham England, Dean wanted people in United Kingdom to support businesses and brands own by people of colour to strengthen the black economic in the country. The initiative was launch on the weekend of August 5 - 7 2011 with a campaign encouraging people to only spend money with black own businesses that weekend. The symbol of a blacken pound coin with the words black pound on it was used to remind participants and supporters of the power of their monetary contribution to the black population. This was the first official Black Pound day in the United Kingdom, and it received great support during that weekend. 2020 it was again relaunch.