Business in Black and White : : American Presidents and Black Entrepreneurs in the Twentieth Century / / Robert E. Weems.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Weems, Robert E.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Randolph, Lewis A.
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 20 black and white illustrations

Business in Black and White provides a panoramic discussion of various initiatives that American presidents have supported to promote black business development in the United States. Many assume that U.S. government interest in promoting black entrepreneurship began with Richard Nixon's establi...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• List of Tables
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. The Origins of the Commerce Department’s Division of Negro Affairs, 1925–1940
• 2. Emmer M. Lancaster and the Ascendancy and Fall of the Commerce Department’s Division of Negro Affairs, 1940–1960
• 3. More Than Civil Rights
• 4. The Democratic Party and Black Capitalism during the Presidential Election of 1968
• 5. Nixon and the “Militants”
• 6. The National Response to Richard M. Nixon’s Black Capitalism Initiative
• 7. The Ford Administration and Black Capitalism
• 8. The Carter Administration and African American Enterprise
• Epilogue
• Appendix
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Authors