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Business in black and white : American presidents & Black entrepreneurs in the twentieth century
- Title
- Business in black and white : American presidents & Black entrepreneurs in the twentieth century / Robert E. Weems Jr. ; with Lewis A. Randolph.
- Author
- Weems, Robert E., 1951-
- Publication
- New York : New York University Press, c2009.
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- Additional Authors
- Randolph, Lewis A.
- Description
- x, 313 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Entrepreneurship > United States > History > 20th century
- African American businesspeople > History > 20th century
- Capitalism > United States > History > 20th century
- United States > Politics and government > 1919-1933
- Presidents > United States > Racial attitudes > History > 20th century
- African Americans > Economic conditions > 20th century
- United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989
- United States > Race relations > Political aspects > History > 20th century
- United States > Department of Commerce > History > 20th century
- United States > Politics and government > 1933-1945
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-296) and index.
- Contents
- The origins of the Commerce Department's Division of Negro Affairs, 1925-1940 -- Emmer Lancaster and the ascendancy and fall of the Commerce Department's Division of Negro Affairs, 1940-1960 -- More than civil rights : the Kennedy and Johnson administrations and African American enterprise -- The Democratic Party and Black capitalism during the presidential election of 1968 -- Nixon and the "militants" : the GOP and Black capitalism during the presidential election of 1968 -- The national response to Richard M. Nixon's Black capitalism initiative -- The Ford administration and Black capitalism -- The Carter administration and African American enterprise -- Epilogue: Whatever happened to Black capitalism?
- Call Number
- Sc E 09-584
- ISBN
- 9780814775172 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0814775179 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008037023
- OCLC
- 227930961
- Author
- Weems, Robert E., 1951-
- Title
- Business in black and white : American presidents & Black entrepreneurs in the twentieth century / Robert E. Weems Jr. ; with Lewis A. Randolph.
- Imprint
- New York : New York University Press, c2009.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-296) and index.
- Added Author
- Randolph, Lewis A.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 09-584