TY  - BOOK
AU  - Weems,Robert E.
AU  - Randolph,Lewis A.
TI  - Business in Black and White: American Presidents and Black Entrepreneurs in the Twentieth Century 
SN  - 9780814775172
AV  - HD2358.5.U6 W44 2009
U1  - 338/.0408996073 22
PY  - 2009///]
CY  - New York, NY : 
PB  - New York University Press, 
KW  - African American businesspeople
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Capitalism
KW  - Entrepreneurship
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Racial attitudes
KW  - HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - American
KW  - black
KW  - business
KW  - discussion
KW  - have
KW  - initiatives
KW  - panoramic
KW  - promote
KW  - provides
KW  - supported
KW  - that
KW  - various
N1  - restricted access
N2  - 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 establishment of the Office of Minority Business Enterprise (OMBE) in 1969. Drawn from a variety of sources, Robert E. Weems, Jr.'s comprehensive work extends the chronology back to the Coolidge Administration with a compelling discussion of the Commerce Departmen's "Division of Negro Affairs."Weems deftly illustrates how every administration since Coolidge has addressed the subject of black business development, from campaign promises to initiatives to downright roadblocks. Although the governmen's influence on black business dwindled during the Eisenhower Administration, Weems points out that the subject was reinvigorated during the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations and, in fact, during the early-to-mid 1960s, when "civil rights" included the right to own and operate commercial enterprises. After Nixon's resignation, support for black business development remained intact, though it met resistance and continues to do so even today. As a historical text with contemporary significance, Business in Black and White is an original contribution to the realms of African American history, the American presidency, and American business history
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