Business in black and white
Subtitle: American presidents and Black entrepreneurs in the twentieth century
By: Robert E. Weems, Jr. ; with Lewis A. Randolph.
Contributors: Randolph, Lewis A.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9780814775172
Subjects: United States. -- Dept. of Commerce -- History -- 20th century; African American businesspeople -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Entrepreneurship -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Capitalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century; African Americans -- Economic conditions -- 20th century; Presidents -- United States -- Racial attitudes -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Politics and government -- 1919-1933; United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The origins of the Commerce Department's Division of Negro Affairs, 1925-1940; title: Emmer Lancaster and the ascendancy and fall of the Commerce Department's Division of Negro Affairs, 1940-1960; title: More than civil rights : the Kennedy and Johnson administrations and African American enterprise; title: The Democratic Party and Black capitalism during the presidential election of 1968; title: Nixon and the militants : the G.O.P. and Black capitalism during the presidential election of 1968; title: The national response to Richard M. Nixon's Black capitalism initiative : the success of domestic detente; title: The Ford administration and Black capitalism; title: The Carter administration and African American enterprise; title: Epilogue: Whatever happened to Black capitalism?