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Desegregating the Dollar

African American Consumerism in the Twentieth Century

By: Robert E. Weems

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Desegregating the Dollar

African American Consumerism in the Twentieth Century

By: Robert E. Weems

Despite African Americans' nearly $500 billion collective annual spending power, surprisingly little attention has been devoted to the ways U.S. businesses have courted black dollars in postslavery America. Desegregating the Dollar presents the first fully integrated history of black consumerism during the last century.

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0814792901

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9780814792902

Business in Black and White

American Presidents and Black Entrepreneurs in the Twentieth Century

By: Robert E. Weems

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Business in Black and White

American Presidents and Black Entrepreneurs in the Twentieth Century

By: Robert E. Weems

Business 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 Departmen'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 governmen'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.

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NYU Press

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0814795404

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9780814795408

Building the Black Metropolis

African American Entrepreneurship in Chicago

By: Robert E. Weems Jr.

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Building the Black Metropolis

African American Entrepreneurship in Chicago

By: Robert E. Weems Jr.

From Jean Baptiste Point DuSable to Oprah Winfrey, black entrepreneurship has helped define Chicago. Robert E. Weems Jr. and Jason P. Chambers curate a collection of essays that place the city as the center of the black business world in the United States. Ranging from titans like Anthony Overton and Jesse Binga to McDonald’s operators to black organized crime, the scholars shed light on the long-overlooked history of African American work and entrepreneurship since the Great Migration. Together they examine how factors like the influx of southern migrants and the city’s unique segregation patterns made Chicago a prolific incubator of productive business development—and made building a black metropolis as much a necessity as an opportunity. Contributors: Jason P. Chambers, Marcia Chatelain, Will Cooley, Robert Howard, Christopher Robert Reed, Myiti Sengstacke Rice, Clovis E. Semmes, Juliet E. K. Walker, and Robert E. Weems Jr.

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419

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University of Illinois Press

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0252050029

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9780252050022

A Late Triassic Footprint Fauna from the Culpeper Basin, Northern Virginia (U.S.A.)

By: Robert E. Weems

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A Late Triassic Footprint Fauna from the Culpeper Basin, Northern Virginia (U.S.A.)

By: Robert E. Weems

Thousands of footprint impressions, probably of Norian age, have been discovered on a single bedding plane in a quarry in the Culpeper Basin of N. Virginia. About 830 tracks on this bedding surface, contained in 32 recognizable trackways, were studied in detail. The other tracks were too obscure for meaningful analysis. Herbivores greatly outnumber carnivores, & small herbivores are more abundant than large ones. The order of appearance of these trackmakers suggests that smaller & less agile species preferred soft ground, whereas larger carnivorous forms preferred a firmer substrate. From the measured print sizes, stride lengths, & pace angles, it was possible to estimate the hip height, body length, Froude numbers, & speed of each trackmaker. Illus.

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American Philosophical Society

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0871697718

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9780871697714

The African American Experience

An Historiographical and Bibliographical Guide

By: Arvarh E. Strickland,Robert E. Weems Jr.

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The African American Experience

An Historiographical and Bibliographical Guide

By: Arvarh E. Strickland,Robert E. Weems Jr.

Compared to the early decades of the 20th century, when scholarly writing on African Americans was limited to a few titles on slavery, Reconstruction, and African American migration, the last thirty years have witnessed an explosion of works on the African American experience. With the Civil Rights and Black Power movements of the 1960s came an increasing demand for the study and teaching of African American history followed by the publication of increasing numbers of titles on African American life and history. This volume provides a comprehensive bibliographical and analytical guide to this growing body of literature as well as an analysis of how the study of African Americans has changed.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313065004

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9780313065002

The Merchant Prince of Black Chicago

Anthony Overton and the Building of a Financial Empire

By: Robert E. Weems Jr.

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The Merchant Prince of Black Chicago

Anthony Overton and the Building of a Financial Empire

By: Robert E. Weems Jr.

Born to enslaved parents, Anthony Overton became one of the leading African American entrepreneurs of the twentieth century. Overton's Chicago-based empire ranged from personal care products and media properties to insurance and finance. Yet, despite success and acclaim as the first business figure to win the NAACP's Spingarn Medal, Overton remains an enigma. Robert E. Weems Jr. restores Overton to his rightful place in American business history. Dispelling stubborn myths, he traces Overton's rise from mentorship by Booker T. Washington, through early failures, to a fateful move to Chicago in 1911. There, Overton started a popular magazine aimed at African American women that helped him dramatically grow his cosmetics firm. Overton went on to become the first African American to head a major business conglomerate, only to lose significant parts of his businesses—and his public persona as ”the merchant prince of his race”—in the Depression, before rebounding once again in the early 1940s. Revealing and panoramic, The Merchant Prince of Black Chicago weaves the fascinating life story of an African American trailblazer through the eventful history of his times.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252051920

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9780252051920

The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1998

By: Robert Famighetti

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The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1998

By: Robert Famighetti

This book includes the year in review, economy and business, computers, science and technology, noted personalities, sports, vital statistics, and more.

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0886878217

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Desegregating the Dollar

African American Consumerism in the Twentieth Century

By: Robert E. Weems

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African American Consumerism in the Twentieth Century

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The Merchant Prince of Black Chicago

Anthony Overton and the Building of a Financial Empire

By: Robert E. Weems Jr.

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Anthony Overton and the Building of a Financial Empire

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Business in Black and White

American Presidents and Black Entrepreneurs in the Twentieth Century

By: Robert E. Weems

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American Presidents and Black Entrepreneurs in the Twentieth Century

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Reading the Man

A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Lettters

By: Elizabeth Brown Pryor,Robert Edward Lee

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Reading the Man

A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Lettters

By: Elizabeth Brown Pryor,Robert Edward Lee

Offers insight into the lesser-known complexities of the general's personality, in a biography based on his unpublished personal correspondence and covering such topics as his early years, relationships with family and slaves, and thoughts on military str

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Penguin

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0670038296

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9780670038299

Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee

By: Robert E. Lee

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Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee

By: Robert E. Lee

Revered in his lifetime, Robert E. Lee achieved legendary status after his death. This memoir by Lee's son gathers a wealth of material written by the General, offering rare glimpses of the man behind the uniform, with scenes from family life and touching letters from a loving husband and father.

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Independently Published

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1798262002

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9781798262009

Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee: Large Print

By: Robert E. Lee

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By: Robert E. Lee

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1798541033

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Book's by Robert E. Weems

Desegregating the Dollar

Desegregating the Dollar

Business in Black and White

Business in Black and White

Building the Black Metropolis

Building the Black Metropolis

A Late Triassic Footprint Fauna from the Culpeper Basin, Northern Virginia (U.S.A.)

A Late Triassic Footprint Fauna from the Culpeper Basin, Northern Virginia (U.S.A.)

The African American Experience

The African American Experience

The Merchant Prince of Black Chicago

The Merchant Prince of Black Chicago

The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1998

The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1998

Desegregating the Dollar

Desegregating the Dollar

The Merchant Prince of Black Chicago

The Merchant Prince of Black Chicago

Business in Black and White

Business in Black and White

Reading the Man

Reading the Man

Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee

Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee

Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee: Large Print

Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee: Large Print

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