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Book

African American entrepreneurs

Call Number

  • J 920 HASK (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York : J. Wiley & Sons, c1998.

Physical Description

viii, 184 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Summary

Profiles a variety of African American entrepreneurs, from the early years, through the Civil War and Reconstruction, to modern times.

Contents

  • Marie-Thérèse Metoyer
  • Paul Cuffe
  • James Forten
  • Pierre Toussaint
  • "Free Frank" McWorter
  • Thomas L. Jennings
  • William A. Leidesdorff
  • David Ruggles
  • Elizabeth Keckley
  • Richard Henry Boyd
  • Granville T. Woods
  • Madame C.J. Walker
  • Maggie Lena Walker
  • Charles Clinton Spaulding
  • Philip A. Payton Jr.
  • Oscar Micheaux
  • A.G. Gaston
  • Ada "Bricktop" Smith
  • Jake Simmons Jr.
  • Janet Harmon Bragg
  • Henry G. Parks
  • John H. Johnson
  • Dempsey J. Travis
  • Berry Gordy Jr.
  • Quincy Jones
  • Earl G. Graves
  • Reginald F. Lewis
  • Oprah Winfrey
  • Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee
  • Alphonse "Buddy" Fletcher Jr.
  • Omar Wasow.

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