The African American Entrepreneur: Then and Now (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The African American Entrepreneur Focuses on the legal, historical, sociological and political factors that together help to explain the economic condition of black people in America from their arrival in America onwards. This book spotlights the many amazing breakthroughs made by black entrepreneurs even before the Civil War and Emancipation.
Full description- Publisher: Praeger Publishers Inc
- Published: 14 December 2009
- Format: Hardback 224 pages
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- Categories: Black & Asian Studies | Entrepreneurship
- ISBN 13: 9780313351112 ISBN 10: 0313351112
- Sales rank: 1,267,455
Full description for The African American Entrepreneur
This book's main purpose is to shine a light on the legal, historical, sociological and political factors that together help to explain the economic condition of black people in America from their arrival in America to the present. In the process, the book spotlights the many amazing breakthroughs made by black entrepreneurs even before the Civil War and Emancipation. Profiles of business people from the Post-civil War period through today include Booker T. Washington, pioneer banker and insurer A. G. Gaston, hair care entrepreneur Madame C.J. Walker, Ebony publisher John H. Johnson, Black Entertainment Television founder Robert L. Johnson, publisher Earl Graves, music producer Damon Dash, rapper Sean Combs, former basketball stars Dave Bing and Magic Johnson, food entrepreneur Michelle Hoskins, broadcast personality Cathy Hughes, former Beatrice Foods head Reginald Lewis, Oprah Winfrey, and many more.
