Collective courage : a history of African American cooperative economic thought and practice / Jessica Gordon Nembhard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gordon Nembhard, Jessica, 1956- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Economic conditions.

African Americans.

Cooperative societies--United States--History.

Cooperative societies.

Cooperation--United States--History.

Cooperation.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

xii, 311 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2014]

Summary:

"Chronicles the achievements and challenges of African American collective economic action and social entrepreneurship in the struggle for civil rights and economic equality"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Early Black economic cooperation : intentional communities, communes, and mutual aid

From economic independence to political advocacy : cooperation and the nineteenth-century Black populist movement

Expanding the tradition : early African American owned "cooperative" businesses

Strategy, advocacy, and practice : Black study circles and co-op education on the front lines

The Young Negroes' Co-operative League

Out of necessity : the great depression and "consumers' cooperation among Negroes"

Continuing the legacy : Nannie Hele Burroughs, Halena Wilson, and the role of Black women

Black rural cooperative activity in the early to mid-twentieth century

The Federation of Southern Cooperatives : the legacy lives on

Economic solidarity in the African American cooperative movement : connections, cohesiveness, and leadership development.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780271062167

0271062169

OCLC:

862575309