Collective courage
Subtitle: a history of African American cooperative economic thought and practice
By: Jessica Gordon Nembhard
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9780271062167; 9780271062174
Subjects: African Americans; Economic conditions; Cooperative societies; Cooperation; History
Description: "Chronicles the achievements and challenges of African American collective economic action and social entrepreneurship in the struggle for civil rights and economic equality"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Early Black economic cooperation : intentional communities, communes, and mutual aid; title: From economic independence to political advocacy : cooperation and the nineteenth-century Black populist movement; title: Expanding the tradition : early African American owned "cooperative" businesses; title: Strategy, advocacy, and practice : Black study circles and co-op education on the front lines; title: The Young Negroes' Co-operative League; title: Out of necessity : the great depression and "consumers' cooperation among Negroes"; title: Continuing the legacy : Nannie Hele Burroughs, Halena Wilson, and the role of Black women; title: Black rural cooperative activity in the early to mid-twentieth century; title: The Federation of Southern Cooperatives : the legacy lives on; title: Economic solidarity in the African American cooperative movement : connections, cohesiveness, and leadership development.