CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The third annual Black Wall Street event took place Saturday at Lazy Beach Brewing. Locally owned businesses that specialized in skin care, clothing and jewelry participated.
Sierra Gould was always a spectator at the Black Wall Street event but this year she joined as an entrepreneur.
"Going from working all day at the hospital and turning around and doing my own thing, it's rewarding," Gould said. She is a licensed vocational nurse at Vein Care Coastal Bend and a mom of three.
"It's so much work, but because it's me sharing 'me' with everybody, that's my favorite part about being an entrepreneur."
Gould is the CEO of Gould'n Beautique.
"I took a new venture with this business doing Botox and fillers because a lot of especially Black Americans are not educated on keeping up with their skin," Gould explained.
Some say beauty is only skin deep, however Gould thinks otherwise.
"We're always used to the stigma of our skin is great and all that, but Botox is great for preserving that beauty."
The event's youngest spectators were Avery and Graysen who were educating bystanders about the meaning behind the Black Wall Street event.
"We're trying to recreate the same 'Black Wall Street' as it was in 1921, but here in Corpus Christi," Graysen said.
"We're celebrating it, and it should be celebrated," Avery added.
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