A white-collar profession : African American certified public accountants since 1921.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hammond, Theresa A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Accounting.

Business.

Local Subjects:

Accounting.

Business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This publication provides a history of black exclusion from accounting and the pioneering efforts of the first black CPAs. It chronicles the determination of African Americans who sought to enter the field and gives a broad understanding of links between race, education and economics.

Contents:

Contents; 1. The Whitest Profession; 2. The Firsters; 3. The Black Metropolis; 4. Postwar CPAs: Overcoming Barriers; 5. The 1960s: Decade of Change; 6. Accounting Programs at Black Colleges; 7. The Momentum Is Lost; 8. Entering a New Century; Appendix: The First 100 African American CPAs; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9798890873415

9780807874943

0807874949

OCLC:

476236826