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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.

Publisher:

New York University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

x, 313 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

African American businesspeople--United States--History--20th century.
Entrepreneurship--United States--History--20th century.
Capitalism--United States--History--20th century.
African Americans--Economic conditions--20th century.
Presidents--United States--History--History--20th century.
United States--History--Political aspects--History--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--1919-1933.
United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
United States.--Dept. of Commerce--History--20th century.

Other Authors:

Randolph, Lewis A.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-296) 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?

ISBN:

0814775179 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780814775172 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2008037023

Locations:

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)