CNK Spotlight: 7 Black-Owned Brands We’re Bringing to the 2025 Juneteenth Cookout
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It’s always a beautiful day to be Black.
Juneteenth is not just Black history, it’s American history. June 19, 1865, two and a half years after the Emanicipation Proclomation, is a constant reminder of why we have to continue to fight for our ancestors, our freedom, our equality, our rights, and our culture. We honor the strength and resilience of our ancestors who never gave up on Freedom. We celebrate our Black joy.
So, today, we’re going to celebrate like we’ve always known how to — gathering our people and heading to the cookout. Wherever you are around the world, from today throughout Juneteenth weekend, make sure you grab some of our favorite Black-owned cookout essentials. From outfit accessories to cocktails with Uncle Nearest, check out the list below to find 7 Black-Owned Brands We’re Bringing to the Juneteenth Cookout this year.
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Bee Blunt: Galveston Silk Scarf
Bee Blunt is a design house rooted in the spirit of American Classic Style expressed through the lived experience and beauty of black culture. Through their brand, they strive to celebrate, educate and tell meaningful stories through our designs. For Juneteenth 2025, Bee Blunt introduced the Galveston Silk Scarf, a wearable tribute to the spirit of Juneteenth and the strength of Black women throughout history.
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PerryCo Shoes
PerryCo is a unisex brand committed to inclusivity and empowering communities. Founded by lifelong sneakerhead Brittney Perry, she resorted to buying men’s sneakers growing up due to not having many options marketed for women. She felt the need to create something more inclusive. In 2018, Brittney launched PerryCo shoes with the mission of creating a genderless sneaker that can appeal to all styles and identities. From their sneakers to their sunglasses, PerryCo represents affordable luxury with a purpose.
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Capital City Co. Mumbo Sauce
Capital City, LLC is a minority, family-owned company based in the Maryland suburbs, owned by Charles and Arsha Jones. The Jones family has grown this home-based business into a successful company, providing a beloved product from their childhood to more people around the world. Mambo sauce is a sweet, sticky and tangy chicken wing condiment created and offered only in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The company’s flagship product, Mild Mambo Sauce, is the first commercially bottled alternative for those who love the taste of mambo sauce, but no longer have access to it or simply prefer to eat their meals at home.
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EssieSpice
Essie’s journey started in her mother's tiny kitchen in Ghana where her love affair with spice was ignited. As her experiments with spices grew, so did the demand for her homemade sauces which all boiled down to what you now find in this jar: bottled up joy handed down through three generations to spice up your life.
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Yo Mama’s Foods Co.
In a world where food's validity is based on the latest fad, Yo Mama’s Foods strive to bring everyone back to their roots through healthy and delicious pasta sauces, salad dressings, and condiments. Their products stem from a passion and tenderness that was cultivated in their own Mama's kitchens. Those memories lasted long after the food was gone, and they want to pass that along to you.
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Symphony Chips
Symphony Chips began as a spice company while Andre' Anderson, a retired Las Vegas Chef, was working on the Las Vegas strip where he developed a 28 herb and spice blend that caught the attention of patrons and fellow chefs alike. It wasn't until they put it on homemade potato chips when people began to notice its unique flavor. Thus, Symphony Chips was born. A gourmet potato chip with a harmonious blend of flavors in every bite.
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Uncle Nearest
Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey is inspired by the best whiskey-maker the world never knew, the first known African-American master distiller, Nathan “Nearest” Green. The company built its brand on its knack for sourcing the best of Tennessee whiskies and bourbons, and using its own non-temperature-controlled aging process and unique post-aging double filtration method that significantly changes the characteristics and profile of the original whiskies.
Here at CNK, we will always be advocates of supporting our community and putting our money back into our neighborhoods. It’s more than just sneakers for us, just like Juneteenth is more than just a holiday. Everything about our Black culture is the blueprint. We hope you take time today to relax, spend time with family and freinds, dance, shop black, and share stories of our ancestors. Stay Black, and protect your magic.