A white-collar profession
Subtitle: African American certified public accountants since 1921
By: Theresa A. Hammond
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Accounting -- United States -- History -- 20th century; African American accountants -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Other titles: African American certified public accountants since 1921
Description: "Among the major professions, certified public accountancy has the most severe underrepresentation of African Americans: less than 1 percent of CPAs are black. Theresa Hammond explores the history behind this statistic and chronicles the courage and determination of African Americans who sought to enter the field. In the process, she expands our understanding of the links between race, education, and economics.".

"Drawing on interviews with pioneering black CPAs, among other sources, Hammond sets the stories of black CPAs against the backdrop of the rise of accountancy as a profession, the particular challenges that African Americans trying to enter the field faced, and the strategies that enabled some blacks to become CPAs. Prior to the 1960s, few white-owned accounting firms employed African Americans."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-201) and index