Black In NWA

Stories

A standing column introducing the people behind the Black-owned businesses we love across Northwest Arkansas, written for the Black In NWA community.

Style & Shopping · Fayetteville

Style That Loves the Planet Back: Dirtbag Vintage

September 29, 2026

If you have wandered down North College Avenue in Fayetteville and felt pulled into a shop full of perfectly broken in denim and pieces that...

Beauty & Self-Care · Rogers

Healthy Skin, Whole Person: Toy Makes Faces

September 15, 2026

When LaToya Hedrick and her husband Mack were planning their move to Northwest Arkansas, one of the first things she did was follow Black...

Money & the Professionals · Rogers

The Quiet Powerhouse: Precipice IP

September 1, 2026

Here is a fact worth sitting with. The person who helps inventors and founders protect their best ideas, right here in Northwest Arkansas,...

Hair & Grooming · Fayetteville

The Braiding Experience We Deserve: Natural Look Braiding Studio

August 18, 2026

Every Black woman reading this knows the other version of the story. The braider in a sketchy neighborhood, the unclean house, no bathroom,...

Money & the Professionals · Fayetteville

Know Your Numbers: Legacy Pro Accounting

July 21, 2026

There is a particular kind of stress that lives in a business owner's chest every spring, the scramble to find receipts, the dread of not...

Celebrations & Culture · Bentonville

From the Field to the Booth: Mega DJ Company

July 7, 2026

Some people in Northwest Arkansas know Jared Cornelius from Saturdays at Razorback Stadium. A lot more know him now from the best night of...

Beauty & Self-Care · Fayetteville

The Skincare She Couldn't Find, So She Made It: Nyarai Skincare

June 23, 2026

Before Nyarai Skincare was a brand with its own shelf space and a founder who gets stopped at events, it was a young woman mixing formulas...