The Women LLC offers microloans to black business owners
(World News USA)

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Kanika White read a statistic in passing a few years ago that jarred her. She wanted to understand what was causing a 42% poverty rate among Black Knoxville residents. “Like with anything that is that huge and complexthe initial thought is (the issue is) too big for me,” White said. “I can`t do anything about it.” White wanted to do more. Today, she`s a board member for Knoxville`s Community Development Corporation (KCDC), and executive director of Knoxville Equity Partners, an organization that aims to facilitate economic development initiatives in East Knoxville and Mechanicsville. But the real estate agent wasn`t alone in trying to figure out how she could help...