African American Business Resources
Celebrating African American Business Leaders: Past, Present
and Future
A list of books, journals, handouts, and web sites featured during
Black History Month 2001 in an exhibit in the Business Reading Room
Prepared by Angela Wilson and Gail Austin
Business Reference Services. Science, Technology, and Business Division
Books | Journals | Selected
Web Sites | Handouts | LC Subject Headings
- 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 / Larry L. Martin, editor-in-chief ... [et
al.]. Washington, D.C. : Association for the Study of Afro-American
Life and History, Inc., c1998. 2 v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
LC Call Number: HD2344.5.U6A37 1998
LC Control Number: 99209689
This two-volume set contains essays and a learning
resource package on Black entrepreneurship from slavery to present
day. Volume one contains essays that highlight topics such as
Black business activities, leadership, women, corporate America,
and future prospects. Access is by table of contents and chapter
headings. Volume two is a learning resource package designed
to supplement volume one. Part one of volume two contains suggested
learning activities and classroom activities accessible by subject
sections. Part two of volume two contains teaching strategies
and lessons for elementary through secondary levels.
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- Bocage, Aaron.
Making money the old-fashioned way : a story of Black
entrepreneurship / by Aaron Bocage and George Waters.
Camden, NJ (313 Market St., Camden 08102) : EDTEC, Inc., c1997.
110 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 28 cm
LC Call Number: HD2344.5.U6B63 1997
LC Control Number: 98136278
This volume offers a historical overview of Black entrepreneurs
in the United States. It relates the influence of slavery upon the history
of Black entrepreneurship, lists important dates in Black business history,
and provides information on contemporary Black entrepreneurs and top business
firms. Access is by subject. Separate indexes are provided for information
on Black youth entrepreneurship and national Black business related organizations
in support of entrepreneurship.
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- Collins, Sharon M., 1947-
Black corporate executives : the making and breaking
of a black middle class Sharon M. Collins. Philadelphia
: Temple University Press, 1997. xv, 196 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN 1-56639-473-2 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN 1-56639-474-0 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Series: Labor and social change
LC Call Number: HD38.25.U6C65 1997
LC Control Number: 96010735
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- Dingle, Derek T.
Black enterprise titans of the B.E. 100s : black CEOs
who redefined and conquered American business /
Derek T. Dingle. New York : J. Wiley, c1999. xvi, 238 p. : ill.
; 24 cm.
ISBN 0-471-31853-1 (cloth : alk. paper)
LC Call Number: HD38.25.U6D56 1999
LC Control Number: 98051031
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Economic census. Survey of minority-owned business
enterprises. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Commerce,
Bureau of the Census : For sale by Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.,
Online edition: 1997 See also: The State of Minority Business (1997 SMOBE) : An Initial Analysis...
LC Call Number (1992 edition) : HD2346.U5E269 1996
LC Call Number: (1997 edition) : HD2346.U5 E269 2001
LC Control Number (1992 edition): 96141790
LC Control Number (1997 edition) : 2001330031
Comprehensive survey data on minority businesses. First introduced
as special project in 1969 and incorporated into the 1972 Economic Census.
Prior to this time, such data on Black business owners was basically nonexistent.
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record (1992 edition)
Catalog Record (1997 edition)
- Encyclopedia of African American business
history / edited by Juliet E.K. Walker. Westport, Conn.
: Greenwood Press, 1999. xxxi, 721 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN 0-313-29549-2 (acid-free paper)
LC Call Number: HD2344.5.U6E53 1999
LC Control Number: 98044218
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- Etter-Lewis, Gwendolyn.
My soul is my own : oral narratives of African American
women in the professions / Gwendolyn Etter-Lewis.
New York : Routledge, 1993. xvii, 213 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN 0-415-90559-1 (hard : acid-free paper)
ISBN 0-415-90560-5 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
LC Call Number: HD6054.4.U6E88 1993
LC Control Number: 92039044
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- Graves, Earl G., 1935-
How to succeed in business without being white : straight
talk on making it in America / Earl G. Graves. New
York : HarperBusiness, c1997. xviii, 295 p., [8] p. of plates
: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN 0-88730-808-2
LC Call Number: HF5386.G675 1997
LC Control Number: 96052510
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- Haskins, James, 1941
African American entrepreneurs / Jim
Haskins. New York : J. Wiley & Sons, c1998. (Black stars)
viii, 184 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN 0-471-14576-9 (cloth : alk. paper)
LC Call Number: HC102.5.A2H37 1998
LC Control Number: 97037389
Profiles a variety of African American entrepreneurs,
from the early years, through the Civil War and Reconstruction,
to modern times.
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- Hunt, Martin K.
History of black business : the coming of America's
largest black-owned businesses / by Martin K. Hunt
and Jacqueline E. Hunt. Chicago, Ill. : Knowledge Express Co.
c1998. 270 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN 0-9665221-0-9
LC Call Number: HD2344.5.U6H86 1998
LC Control Number: 99094225
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- Ingham, John N.
African-American business leaders : a biographical
dictionary / John N. Ingham and Lynne B. Feldman.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, c1994. xiv, 806 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN 0-313-27253-0 (alk. paper)
LC Call Number: HC102.5.A2I52 1994
LC Control Number: 93020430
This collection contains the comprehensive biographies of 123 African American
business leaders in seventy-seven separate biographical
entries. Focus is placed on the most historically significant Black business
leaders from America's early period to present day. Each biography highlights
the relevant cultural, economic, and social issues faced by each leader.
Access is by alphabetical order and index. Also provided are appendixes
listing place of birth, principle place of business, type of business,
and women business leaders. A bibliographic essay is also provided.
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- Kranz, Rachel.
Biographical dictionary of African Americans
/ Rachel Kranz and Philip J. Koslow. New York : Facts on File,
c1999. x, 310 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
ISBN 0-8160-3903-8 (acid-free paper);
ISBN 0-8160-3904-6 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
LC Call Number: E185.96.K73 1998
LC Control Number: 98012355
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- Leadership / by the editors of Time-Life
Books. Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life Books, 1994. (African Americans,
voices of triumph) 256 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
ISBN 0-7835-2254-1 (trade);
ISBN 0-7835-2255-X (lib. bdg.)
Series: African Americans, voices of triumph
LC Call Number: E185.A2585 1994
LC Control Number: 93021147
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- Lewis, Reginald F., 1942-1993.
Why should white guys have all the fun? : how Reginald
Lewis created a billion-dollar business empire /
Reginald F. Lewis and Blair S. Walker. New York : Wiley, c1995.
xvii, 318 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN 0-471-04227-7 (acid-free paper)
LC Call Number: HC102.5.L493A3 1995
LC Control Number: 94017864
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- Oak, Vishnu Vitthal, 1900-
The Negro's adventure in general business,
by Vishnu V. Oak. Westport, Conn., Negro Universities Press [1970,
c1949] 223 p. 23 cm.
LC Call Number: E185.8.O22
LC Control Number: 79100311
Note: Reprint of v. 2 of the author's The Negro
entrepreneur. (1949)
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- Rediger, Pat, 1966-
Great African Americans in business
/ Pat Rediger. New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Crabtree Pub. Co., c1996.
64 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
ISBN 0-86505-803-2;
ISBN 0-86505-817-2 (pbk.)
Series: Outstanding African Americans
LC Call Number: HC102.5.A2R35 1996
LC Control Number: 95024879
Examines the lives of more than ten African American
men and women, including Oprah Winfrey, Don Cornelius, and Naomi
Sims, with the obstacles they each overcame.
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- Rennert, Richard Scott, 1956-
Facts and trivia : 325 questions drawn from the expertise
of Harvard's Du Bois Institute / R.S. Rennert. New
York : Chelsea House Publishers, c1995. 63 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
ISBN 0-7910-3211-6;
ISBN 0-7910-3212-4 (pbk.)
Series: African American answer book
LC Call Number: E185.A252 1995
LC Control Number: 94030203
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- RFL, Reginald F. Lewis : a tribute
/ edited by Elliott Wiley. New York : Bookmark Publishing Corp.,
1994. ix, 210 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
LC Call Number: HC102.5.L493R45 1994
Lc Control Number: 94184058
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- Simms' blue book and national Negro business and
professional directory. [Cleveland, Gordon Pub.
Co.] 1977- v. ill. 25 cm.
LC Call Number: E185.82.S592
LC Control Number: 78643543
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- Sims, Naomi, 1949-
All about hair care for the black woman
/ Naomi Sims ; illustrated by Charles Bisaquino. Garden City,
N.Y. : Doubleday, 1982. viii, 212 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
ISBN 0-385-14819-4
LC Call Number: TT972.S53 1982
LC Control Number: 79006654
Entrepreneur and author Naomi Sims, one of the first black supermodels to achieve international recognition, went on to establish a major wig collection and cosmetic business focused on the black woman. She also authored several books on health and beauty, including this one on hair care for the black woman. Table of Contents |
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- Smallwood, David.
Profiles of great African Americans
/ contributing writers, David Smallwood, Stan West, Allison Keyes.
Lincolnwood, IL : Publications International, c1996. 216 p. :
ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
ISBN 0-7853-1983-2
LC Call Number: E185.96.S63 1996
LC Control Number: 96069536
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- Taylor, Susan L.
In the Spirit : the inspirational writings
/ of Susan L. Taylor. New York : Amistad, c1993. 110 p. : ill.
; 21 cm.
ISBN 1-56743-032-5
LC Call Number: BL624.T395 1993
LC Control Number: 93014450
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- Walker, Juliet E. K., 1940-
Free Frank : a Black pioneer on the antebellum frontier
/ Juliet E.K. Walker. Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky,
c1983. xii, 223 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN 0-8131-1472
LC Call Number: F460.N4F728 1983
LC Control Number: 82040181
Discusses one of the earliest pioneers of Black entrepreneurship.
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- Black Enterprise
January 2001 - On the cover are Johnnie Cochran,
Vanessa L. Williams, Star Jones. Article by Monique Brown and
Mark Wright on the rich and famous and their investment secrets
pages 86-93.
December 2000 - Featured on the cover is Antonio
'L.A.' Reid, CEO of Arista Records, the music industry's highest
ranking Black executive. Article "The New King of Pop" by Sakina
Spruell on pages 94-104.
September 2000 -On cover E. Stanley O'Neal of Merrill
Lynch, BE's Corporate Executive of the Year is one of the highest
paid and most powerful Blacks in corporate America. Article
"Running With the Bulls" by Robin D. Clarke on pages 83-90.
August 2000 - On cover "Fast Forward - 30 Leaders
For the Future" . Article "30 for the next 30" by Sonja Brown
Stokely on pages 179- 188 and features rising newcomers like
James Winters, age 39, CEO of United Energy Inc., and Mellody
Hobson, age 31, President, Ariel Capital Management.
- Ebony
May 2000 - Article on Cathy Hughes entitled "Ms.
Radio, most powerful woman in the industry" by Lynn Norment
begins on pages 100-108.
January 2000 - "New Faces in Executive Suites" by
Lynn Norment begins on page 42- 48 and profiles 28 African American
business leaders such as A. Barry Rand , Chairman/CEO Avis Rent
A Car; Franklin Raines, Chairman/CEO Fannie Mae; and Brend J.
Gaines, President of Citicorp Diner Club North America, a division
of Citigroup.
January 1998 - Article "Twelve Most Powerful Blacks
in Corporate America" by Lynn Norment, pages 36-44 includes
Lloyd G. Trotter, President/CEO General Electric's Electrical
Distribution and Control; Carl Ware, President Coca-Cola Company's
Africa Group; and Michele Hooper, President International Business
Group of Caremark International.
- Fortune
January 22, 2001 - Featured on the cover is Ken Chenault
"New Man In Charge" at American Express. Article "What's in
the Cards for Amex" by Nelson Schwartz on pages 58-70.
- Inc.
May 2000 - On cover are brothers Vincent and Vernon
Austin whose VA Construction is #25 on the "Inner City 100"
list of growing companies. Snapshot profile of them done by
Karen Dillon is on page 130.
- Newsweek
January 8, 2001 - Featured on the cover is Oprah
Winfrey. "Special Report: Women of the New Century, Oprah on
Oprah" by Lynette Clemetson on pages 38-48.
- Printout of the Census Bureau's "Black Population in the
U.S." web page.
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/race/black.html
Provides links to the Current Population
Surveys, statistical briefs, the 1990 Census, race
and ethnicity classifications, and related topics.
- Printout of the Census Bureau's "Minority Links" web page.
http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/NEWafamML1.html
Provides links to facts on the Black/African
American Population on Census 2000, social and economic
characteristics, news releases, and other Minority links.
- 20th Century Great American Business Leaders Database
Select "Ethnicity" to locate black or African-American business leaders
- Photocopy of Black Enterprise article "Virtual
Communities", October 2000, pp. 157-164. http://www.blackenterprise.com
(Search under Archives)
Discusses the top African American web sites
covering business, politics, culture, etc.
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