05097nam 22008655 450 991079001210332120230721014606.00-8147-9540-40-8147-8906-410.18574/9780814789063(CKB)2670000000155527(EBL)866056(OCoLC)779828390(SSID)ssj0000606940(PQKBManifestationID)11388633(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606940(PQKBWorkID)10583028(PQKB)10995152(MiAaPQ)EBC866056(OCoLC)794701053(MdBmJHUP)muse10191(DE-B1597)548114(DE-B1597)9780814789063(EXLCZ)99267000000015552720200723h20092009 fg 0engurnn#---|un|utxtccrBusiness in Black and White American Presidents and Black Entrepreneurs in the Twentieth Century /Robert E. WeemsNew York, NY :New York University Press,[2009]©20091 online resource (324 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-7517-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-296) and index.Front matter --Contents --List of Tables --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. The Origins of the Commerce Department’s Division of Negro Affairs, 1925–1940 --2. Emmer M. Lancaster and the Ascendancy and Fall of the Commerce Department’s Division of Negro Affairs, 1940–1960 --3. More Than Civil Rights --4. The Democratic Party and Black Capitalism during the Presidential Election of 1968 --5. Nixon and the “Militants” --6. The National Response to Richard M. Nixon’s Black Capitalism Initiative --7. The Ford Administration and Black Capitalism --8. The Carter Administration and African American Enterprise --Epilogue --Appendix --Notes --Bibliography --Index --About the AuthorsBusiness in Black and White provides a panoramic discussion of various initiatives that American presidents have supported to promote black business development in the United States. Many assume that U.S. government interest in promoting black entrepreneurship began with Richard Nixon's establishment of the Office of Minority Business Enterprise (OMBE) in 1969. Drawn from a variety of sources, Robert E. Weems, Jr.'s comprehensive work extends the chronology back to the Coolidge Administration with a compelling discussion of the Commerce Department's “Division of Negro Affairs. ”Weems deftly illustrates how every administration since Coolidge has addressed the subject of black business development, from campaign promises to initiatives to downright roadblocks. Although the government's influence on black business dwindled during the Eisenhower Administration, Weems points out that the subject was reinvigorated during the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations and, in fact, during the early-to-mid 1960s, when “civil rights” included the right to own and operate commercial enterprises. After Nixon's resignation, support for black business development remained intact, though it met resistance and continues to do so even today. As a historical text with contemporary significance, Business in Black and White is an original contribution to the realms of African American history, the American presidency, and American business history.PresidentsUnited StatesRacial attitudesHistory20th centuryAfrican AmericansEconomic conditions20th centuryCapitalismUnited StatesHistory20th centuryEntrepreneurshipUnited StatesHistory20th centuryAfrican American businesspeopleUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesPolitics and government1945-1989United StatesPolitics and government1933-1945United StatesPolitics and government1919-1933United StatesRace relationsPolitical aspectsHistory20th centuryAmerican.Presidents.black.business.discussion.have.initiatives.panoramic.promote.provides.supported.that.various.PresidentsRacial attitudesHistoryAfrican AmericansEconomic conditionsCapitalismHistoryEntrepreneurshipHistoryAfrican American businesspeopleHistory338/.0408996073Weems Robert E.authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut455458Randolph Lewis A1567639DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910790012103321Business in Black and White3839159UNINA