SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – On Thursday, the South Dakota Black Chamber of Commerce launched its organization with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Start Up Sioux Falls followed by a social gathering to commemorate their hard work to get to this point and celebrate what it means for black business owners and entrepreneurs. The SDBCC is the first of its kind in the state and they look forward to getting to work. The ceremony was made even more special with the significance of the date. On February 1st, 1986, President Ronald Reagan signed a proclamation to designate February as Black History Month. On the same day decades later, South Dakota Black Chamber of Commerce President Lenn Patterson George along with other community leaders introduced this new organization.