The history of Black business in America : capitalism, race, entrepreneurship

Series Editor: Kenneth Lipartito, University of Houston 1999 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award, Honorable Mention 1999 Association of Black Women Historians (ABWH) Letitia Woods Brown Prize for best Book published by a Black Woman Historian/Best Book Published on African American Women's History 1999 American Association of Publishers Scholarly and Professional Division, Award in Business and Management Category 1999 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book in African and African American Studies 1999 Black Caucus of the American Library Association 1998 Award for Outstanding Publication 1998 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book in Management and Labor With in-depth surveys on business trends and waves of industrial progress, this series offers a critical look at the practices and evolution of the business world. Drawing On Hundreds Of Primary And Secondary Sources, Walker Has Compiled The First And Only Comprehensive Survey Of Black Business Development To Date. Chapter By Chapter, Walker Discusses The Remarkable Continuity And Diversity Of Black Business. Some Of The Featured Enterprises Include Commercial Real Estate Speculation, Rural And Urban Land Development, And Construction. African-american Involvement In Finance And Investment Activities, Corporate And Municipal Bonds, International Trade, And Hair Care Product Manufacturing Is Also Examined. Most Importantly, This Study Puts A Face On The Individuals Involved. Walker Moves Beyond Vague Depersonalized Accounts Of Groups Of Nameless Blacks, And Tells The Triumphant And Moving Stories Of People Like Madame C.j. Walker, The First Female African-american Millionaire, And Frederick Douglas Patterson, The First African-american Automaker. The History Of Black Business In America Will Prove An Invaluable Resource For Both Teachers And Students Of American History, Business And African-american Studies And Is An Essential Addition To Any Library With Holdings In These Areas. Free Black Business Activity In Colonial America -- Business Activities Of African-american Slaves, 1790-1865 -- Antebellum Free Black Business Activities -- Antebellum Free Black Women Enterprises -- Black Business From 1865 To 1900 -- The Golden Age Of Black Business, 1900-1930 -- From The Depression To Civil Rights In Black Business -- The Federal Government And Black Business: The 1960s To The 1990s -- The Rise Of Black Corporate America, 1945-1995 -- Blacks And White Corporate America, 1965-1995. Juliet E.k. Walker. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 373-460) And Index. Drawing on hundreds of primary and secondary sources, Walker has compiled the first and only comprehensive survey of Black business development to date. Chapter by chapter, Walker discusses the remarkable continuity and diversity of black business. Some of the featured enterprises include commercial real estate speculation, rural and urban land development, and construction. African-American involvement in finance and investment activities, corporate and municipal bonds, international trade, and hair care product manufacturing is also examined. Most importantly, this study puts a face on the individuals involved. Walker moves beyond vague depersonalized accounts of groups of nameless blacks, and tells the triumphant and moving stories of people like Madame C. J. Walker, the first female African-American millionaire, and Frederick Douglas Patterson, the first African-American automaker. The History of Black Business in America will prove an invaluable resource for both teachers and students of American history, business and African-American studies and is an essential addition to any library with holdings in these areas. The only comprehensive survey of Black business development to date, Juliet E. K. Walker's study moves past depersonalized accounts of nameless blacks to tell triumphant stories of people like Frederick Douglas Patterson, the first Black automaker. This unique history corrects the long held assumption that African Americans lack entrepreneurial traditions.