Required Books
These are available at the campus bookstore.

Walker, Juliet E. K. The History of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race, Entrepreneurship. New York, London: Macmillan Library Reference USA; Prentice Hall International, 1998.

Woodard, Michael D. Black Entrepreneurs in America: Stories of Struggle and Success. New Brunswick, N.J: Rutgers University Press, 1997.

 

Resource List

Bailey, Ronald. Business Enterprise: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. NY: Basic Books, 1971.

Ballon, Marc. Outreach Urged at Summit; Minorities: Black Entrepreneurs Gather to Better Their Businesses. The Los Angeles Times, June 2001.

Bates, Timothy Mason. Banking on Black Enterprise: The Potential of Emerging Firms for Revitalizing Urban Economies. Washington, DC: Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, distributed by University Press of America, 1993.

Bocage, Aaron, and George Waters. Making Money the Old-Fashioned Way: A Story of Black Entrepreneurship. Camden, NJ: 1997.

Boston, Thomas D., and Century Foundation. Affirmative Action and Black Entrepreneurship. London, New York: Routledge, 1999.

Cross, Theodore L. Black Capitalism; Strategy For Business in the Ghetto. New York: Athenaeum, 1969.

Cummings, Scott. African American Entrepreneurship in the Suburbs: Protected Markets and Enclave Business Development. Journal of American Planning Association, winter 1999.

Dingle, Derek T. Black Enterprise Titans of the B.E. 100s: Black CEOs Who Redefined and Conquered American Business. New York: J. Wiley, 1999.

Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt). The Negro in Business; Report of a Social Study Made Under the Direction of Atlanta University, Together With the Proceedings of the Fourth Conference for the Study of the Negro Problems, held at Atlanta University, May 30-31, 1899. New York: AMS Press, 1971.

Economic Census (1992). Characteristics of Business Owners. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, Bureau of the Census, 1997.

Economic Census (1992). Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, U.S. G.P.O., 1996.

Fairlie, Robert W. The Absence of the African-American Owned Business: An analysis of the Dynamics of Self-Employment. Journal of Labor Economics, 1999. vol.17, no.1. p. 80-108.

Foner, Philip, and Ronald L. Lewis. Black Workers: A Documentary History From Colonial Times to the Present. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1989.

Fraser, George C. Success Runs in Our Race: The Complete Guide to Effective Networking in the African-American Community. New York: Wm. Morrow, 1994.

Gite, Llyod. 30 Years of Achievement; Marathon Men Revisited. Black Enterprise, June 2002.

Gravely, Melvin J. The Black Entrepreneur's Guide to Success. Edgewood, Md.: Duncan & Duncan, 1995.

Green, Shelley, and Pryde, Paul. Black Entrepreneurship in America. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 1989.

Hager, Daniel. The Rediscovery of Booker T. Washington: Lessons for Black History Month. National Center for Policy Analysis. http://www.ncpa.org/~ncpa/oped/bartlett/feb1297.html

Harris, Wendy Beech. Against All Odds: Ten Entrepreneurs Who Followed Their Hearts and Found Success. New York: John Wiley, 2001.

Herbert, James I. Black Male Entrepreneurs and Adult Development. New York: Praeger, 1989.

Hocker, Cliff. Fourth Generation Entrepreneur Back at the Market. Black Enterprise, June 2001.

Ingham, John N., and Lynne B. Feldman. African-American Business Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1994.

Joyce, Donald F. Gatekeepers of Black Culture: Black-Owned Book Publishing in The United States, 1817-1981. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1983.

Kijakazi, Kilolo. African-American Economic Development and Small Business Ownership. New York: Garland Pub, 1997.

Lewis, Reginald F., and Walker, Blair S. Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun?: How Reginald Lewis Created a Billion-Dollar Business Empire. New York: Wiley, 1995.

Marsh, Carole S. Black Business: African-American Entrepreneurship in the Past & Present. Bath, NC: Gallopade Publishing Group, 1989.

Martin, Larry L. African Americans in Business: The Path Towards Empowerment: Essays on Black Entrepreneurship From the African Background to the Present: 73rd National Celebration of Afro-American History. Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, Inc., 1998.

McKanic, Arlene. Looking at Uncle Sam. Black Enterprise, June 2002.

Meeks, Kenneth. The Struggle for Political Power. Black Enterprise, May 2002.

Myrdal, Gunnar. An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 1996.

Reid, Alvin A. America Needs More, Larger Black-Owned Businesses. The St. Louis American, 14 Nov. 2002. http://www.forbes.com/2002/10/17/1017minority.html

Schweninger, Loren. Black Property Owners in the South, 1790-1915. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1997.

Sibley, John Butler. Black Entrepreneurship, the Sequel. Inc magazine, 1 Oct. 1996. http://inc.com/incmagazine

Silverman, Robert Mark.  Black Business, Group Resources, and the Economic Detour: Contemporary Black Manufacturers in Chicago's Ethnic Beauty Aids Industry. Journal of Black Studies, Nov. 1999.

Starling, Kelly. Success Secrets of Young Entrepreneurs. Ebony, Sep.1999.

Swinton, David H. The Determinants of the Growth of Black Owned Businesses: A Preliminary Analysis. Atlanta, Ga.: Southern Center for Studies in Public Policy, Clark College, 1984.

Unknown Author. Smart Business Tips for Black Entrepreneurs. Ebony, May 2002.

Walker, Juliet E. K. Black Entrepreneurs in America: Stories of Struggle and Success. Journal of American Ethnic History, Summer 2000.

Walker, Juliet E. K. Free Frank: A Black Pioneer on the Antebellum Frontier. Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky, 1983.

Walker, Juliet E. K. The History of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race,Entrepreneurship. New York, London: Macmillan Library Reference USA; Prentice Hall International, 1998.

Wallace, Robert L. Black Wealth Through Black Entrepreneurship. Edgewood, MD: Duncan & Duncan, 1993.

Wallace, Robert L. Soul Food: 52 Principles of Black Entrepreneurial Success. Cambridge, Mass: Peruses Pub, 2000.

Washington, Booker T. 1856-1915, The Negro in Business. New York: AMS Press, 1971.

William Monroe Trotter Institute. Overview of Black-owned businesses in the United States in the 1990s: a Report of the William Monroe Trotter Institute. Boston, Massachusetts: The Institute, 1996.

Wilson, Amos. Blueprint for Black Power. NY: African World Info Systems, 1998.