More Dirty Little Secrets About Black History, Its Heroes and Other Troublemakers Volume 2
Dr. Claud Anderson, is president of PowerNomics Corporation of America, a corporation that is involved in major business development, primarily in inner cities, across the country. The word PowerNomics® represents a social-political-economic package of principles and strategies developed by Dr. Anderson to help make Black America a more self-sufficient and competitive group.  His latest book,  PowerNomics: The National Plan to Empower Black America sets forth a five year national plan in education, economics, politics and outlines a new role for black religious organizations. His ideas have begun to ignite a national movement of reform among blacks. Redeveloping and industrializing black communities is a key PowerNomics strategy that Dr. Anderson promotes. In testimony to his work, in the Fall of 2003, the City Council of the City of Detroit, after a historic and unanimous vote, engaged Dr. Anderson to develop a PowerNomics plan tailored specifically to their city. Widely recognized as one of America’s most influential intellectuals and authors, Dr. Anderson has popularized black history. His book, Black Labor, White Wealth: A Search for Power and Economic Justice, is the foundation for the programs,  policies, and research solutions of The Harvest Institute, a nationally recognized black think tank, of which he is president. He lectures frequently to business groups, universities, churches and social organizations on the economic, social and political solutions he proposes. He is a regular guest on radio and television talk shows. Dr. Anderson has a broad and varied base of experiences spanning education, business, federal and state politics and successful social reform. During integration, he served as State Coordinator of Education for Governor Reubin Askew of Florida. While serving in that capacity, he founded the State Action Council, a coalition of black leaders for political action in Florida. Dr. Anderson, appointed by former President Jimmy Carter, served as Assistant Secretary in the U.S. Department of Commerce where he headed the Coastal Plains Regional Commission and funded and directed economic development activities for governors in the Southeastern states. He was executive director of two economic development corporations for the city of Miami, Florida. As special assistant to the 1988  Democratic Convention, he awarded 37% of the contracts to blacks, a record that has not been reached or broken. Dr. Anderson’s books, Black Labor, White Wealth, Dirty Little Secrets about Black History, and his latest book, PowerNomics: The National Plan, are widely read throughout the United States, used as textbooks in many universities and continuously found on best-seller lists.  More Dirty Little Secrets is authored with his son, Brant.  Brant Anderson, a graduate of Towson University in Towson, Maryland, is a teacher of English in the District of Columbia. He is also Vice President of PowerNomics Corporation of America. In his spare time, Brant Anderson likes to read, write and rock climb.