Building the Black Metropolis: African American Entrepreneurship in Chicago

by Robert E. Weems Jr.

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:025208294X

ISBN13:9780252082948

Release Date:August 2017

Publisher:University of Illinois Press

Length:276 Pages

Weight:0.96 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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Business Business & Investing History

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