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Business in black and white : American presidents & Black entrepreneurs in the twentieth century / Robert E. Weems Jr. ; with Lewis A. Randolph.
Lippincott Library HD2358.5.U6 W44 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weems, Robert E., 1951-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Department of Commerce.
- African American businesspeople--United States--History--20th century.
- African American businesspeople.
- Entrepreneurship--United States--History--20th century.
- Entrepreneurship.
- Capitalism--United States--History--20th century.
- Capitalism.
- African Americans--Economic conditions--20th century.
- African Americans.
- Presidents--United States--Racial attitudes--History--20th century.
- Presidents.
- History.
- Race relations.
- Presidents--Racial attitudes.
- African Americans--Economic conditions.
- United States--Race relations--Political aspects--History--20th century.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--1919-1933.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
- United States. Department of Commerce--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- x, 313 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2009]
- 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?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-296) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780814775172
- 0814775179
- OCLC:
- 227930961
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