Index
Abilene, Texas
Abolitionists
Absence. See Industry sector gaps
Accenture
Accessibility. See Business accessibility
Action vs. good intentions
Addy, Dwetri
Advance Auto Parts
“Advancement in betrayal” perspective
Advantage Chevrolet
Advertiser appeasement, example of
Advertising industry
Affirmative Action
Afram Cosmetics
Africa
African American MBA Association
African Baptist Church
African heritage
African slaves. See Slavery
African Union Society
Afri-Ware Books
Agriculture Crop of Style
Akbar, Na’im
Alamihi Crab Syndrome
Alcohol and tobacco companies
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority
American Airlines
American Dream, The
American Journal of Public Health (journal)
Amos and Andy’s
Anacostia, Washington, D.C.
Anderson, Claud
Anderson Force Field
Andrew, William
Anheuser-Busch
Ann Taylor clothing
Annals of Internal Medicine (journal)
Annual Historic Bronzeville Bike Tour
AOL
Apostolic Church of God
Apparel and design industries
Arabs
See also Middle Easterners
Ariel Investments LLC
“Art of civilized hypocrisy,”
Asians
as business owners
community support and
fear and anger felt by
money circulation and
as physicians
wealth of
Association for the Study of African American Life and History
Astors, the
Athlete’s Foot
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce
Atlanta Mutual Insurance Association
Attorneys
Austin Boulevard
Austin neighborhood
Austin, Texas
Austin Weekly (newspaper)
Australia and New Zealand
Awareness. See Business awareness
Babson College
Baby Phat Line
Bachrach
Baker, Ajamu
Baldwin, Shawn
Baldwin’s Ice Cream
Baltimore
Bank of America
Bankruptcy
Banks, Doug
Barber Shop (film)
Barbie dolls
Beaumont, Texas
Behind the Dream: The Making of the Speech that Transformed a Nation (Jones and Connelly)
Bell, William K.
Bellwood
Belmont University
Bennett, Michael
Bennett, Walidah
Bennigan’s
BET News
Beyah, Karriem
Big Dogs of Black business
Black Alumni Club
Black Business Network (BBN)
“Black capitalism,”
Black communities
consumer exploitation in
current self-help economics in, statistics on(tables)
cyclical and interrelated problems facing
fundamental problem in
goal of generating economic growth in
health crises within
lack of support from, for Black-owned businesses
as massive consumer segment
money circulation in
paralyzing psychosis in
personal responsibility for, accepting
real estate in
ripple effect of spending money in
theory of The Talented Tenth and
unified, myth of
See also specific communities/neighborhoods
Black divisiveness
See also Class divide
Black Enterprise (magazine)
Top 100 Industrial/Service Listing (2003)
Black Entertainment Television (BET)
Black Friday
Black history
See also Civil rights movement/era
Black History Month
Black household net worth
See also Buying power
Black Ivy
Black Metropolis
See also Bronzeville
Black middle class
Black migration
Black Pages
Black Panthers
Black population percentages
Black Power movement
Black power, US presidency and
Black pride. See Pride
Black product lines
Black Retailer Action Group (BRAG)
Black Shopping Channel
Black Situation, The
Black spending, statistics on
See also Buying Black; Buying power
Black Voices
Black Wall Streets
Blackonomic$: The Way to Psychological and Economic Freedom for African Americans (Clingman)
Black-owned businesses
advocates for
city vs. suburb spending at, analysis of
closure rate for
complaints about
continuing to believe in
creating more, means of
deteriorative effect of the civil rights movement on
directories of
as employers
favorite, website page listing
finding/searching for
Great Depression and
growth of
investing in, importance of
key areas of focus for
lack of support from the Black community
loan rejection rates for
map of, in Chicago and surrounding areas
national survey of
ongoing ventures promoting
paradigm shift toward
products and services not offered by
realizing the need for patronizing
relationship with
statistics on
struggle of
thriving communities of, emergence of
too few, effect of
treatment of patrons in
vicious cycle facing
viewing not as charities
violence against, throughout history
White-owned businesses draining from, history of
See also specific businesses, industry sectors, and professions
Black-owned businesses, buying from. See Buying Black; Empowerment Experiment, The (EE)
Blake, Michael
Blaming others
“Blaxploitation” films
Blige, Mary J.
Bolingbrook
Bond, Norm
Boo Boo Baby line
Boondocks (comic strip/animated series)
Boosters Club
Booth Graduate School of Business
Booty Call (film)
Boston Globe (newspaper)
Boston, Massachusetts
Bouvier, Jackie
Boyd, Henry
Boyd, Michelle
Boyd, William Kenneth
BP gas station
Bravo supermarket
Bronx, New York City
Bronzeville
Bronzeville Area Residents and Commerce Council
Bronzeville Coffee Shop
Brooklyn Dodgers
Brooklyn Jazz
Brooks Brothers
Brooks, Gwendolyn
Brown, Tony
Bulk buying, tips for
Burger King
Burkle, Ron
Burris, Roland
Burruss, Kandi
Business absence. See Industry sector gaps
Business accessibility
Business awareness
Business directories
Business loan rejection
Business training
Butler, John Sibley
Butts, Bobby
“Buy Freedom” campaign
Buying Black
benefits of, for Black communities
clarifying position on
larger efforts cropping up to foster
new consciousness about, extension of a
ongoing efforts at
potential impact of Blacks engaging in
tips for
tracing back the concept of
See also The Empowerment Experiment (EE)
Buying power
Calumet City
Canada
Capital, access to
Capital Management Group
Capitalism
Captain’s Hand Car Wash
Capturing value of Black consumers. See Value capture
Caricatures. See Stereotypes
Carney, Jessie
Carol’s Daughter
Carson, Pirie Scott & Co.
Cashin, Sheryll
Casual Corner
CBS News
Census figures. See US Census Bureau; US Census Economic Report (2002)
Center for African American Research and Public Policy
Center for Black Business History, Entrepreneurship and Technology
Center for Entrepreneurship and E-Business
Center on African American Politics and Society
Central Street
Certified Grocers
C’est Si Bon!
Chambers of Commerce
Charlotte Post (newspaper)
Chase Tower
Chatham community
Chatham Grocery
Chicago
Black population in
city vs. suburb, spending in, analysis of
civil rights movement in
directories of
downtown
early race riots in
leakage in neighborhoods of
map of, and surrounding areas
northwest
significant buildings and landmarks of
southwest
spring time in
Starbucks and
winter time in
See also specific locations and surrounding areas
Chicago Avenue
Chicago Heights
Chicago Public Schools
Chicago Public TV
Chicago State University
Chicago Sun-Times (newspaper)
Chicago Tribune (newspaper)
Chicago Urban League
Children’s Place
Chinese people
Chipotle Mexican Grill
C-House
Christmastime
Chuck E. Cheese’s
Church cooperatives
Cicero Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati/Greater Kentucky African American Chamber of Commerce
Cisco Business Group
Citgo gas station
City vs. suburb spending, analysis of
Civic Opera House
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Civil rights movement/era
Civil War
Clark Atlanta University
Clark, John M., Jr.
Class divide
See also Black divisiveness
Clingman, James
Clinton, Bill
CNN
Cold Stone Creamery
Collective well-being, investing in
Colleges. See Universities and colleges
Color Purple, The (Walker)
Colorado
Colored American (newspaper)
Colored Merchants’ Association
Columbia, North Carolina
Columbia University
Combs, Sean “Diddy,”
See also Sean John clothing line
ComEd utility
ComfortCake
Community Consumers Cooperative
Community Mart
Community Pride food market
Compro Tax
Compton, Los Angeles
Condition, Elevation, Emigration and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States, The (Delaney)
Congressional Black Caucus
Connelly, Stuart
Consumer buying power. See Buying power
Consumer demand
Cooperative Extension Program
Cooperatives
Coors corporate practices
“Corner Store Teaches Youth about Business: Minister Operates Grocery with a Sense of Mission” (newspaper article)
Corporate America
Cosby, Bill
Cosi’s
Coulter, Ann
Covenant Bank
“Crabs in a bucket/barrel” syndrome
Cravins, Donald
Credit/debit card use
Crisis, The (magazine)
Cubans
Cuffe, Selena
Currency Exchange
Customer loyalty
Daley, Richard
Dallas/Fort Worth area, Texas
Darke, William
Dartmouth
Dean Foods
Dean, Terry
Deane, Arielle
Declining Significance of Race, The (Wilson)
Dede
Dee, Tracye
Defeatism
Delaney, Martin Robison
Dell
Delta Airlines
Dentists
Denver, Colorado
DePaul University
Derogatory terms
Desegregating the Dollar (Weems)
Detroit, Michigan
Dew, The
Diabetes
Dillard’s
Directories of Black businesses. See Business directories
Discrimination
Divine Design Tattoos
Do the Right Thing (film)
Dodgers baseball team
Dominicans
Dominick’s
“Don’t Buy Where You Can’t Work” campaigns
Dorsey, Stephanie
Double Door dry cleaners
Douglas district
Douglass, Frederick
Dove products
Downing, George Thomas
Du Bois, W. E .B.
Duke University School of Medicine
duPonts, the
Durham Freeway (East-West Expressway)
Durham, North Carolina
Dyson, Michael Eric
Eagle with Joe Madison, The (radio show)
Early Show (television show)
East Harlem
Eastern Europeans
Ebon-Aids
Ebony Experiment, The. See The Empowerment Experiment (EE)
Ebony (magazine)
“Economic Co-operation among Negro Americans” (Du Bois)
Economic disparity
awareness of, and leakage
dreams of eradicating
eliminating, benefit of
illusion about, held by Whites
roots of
Economic Empowerment Initiative
Economic empowerment networks
Economic empowerment organizations, list of
Economic empowerment programs
Economic meltdown (2008)
Economic power. See Buying power
Economic terrorism
Edmund Pettus Bridge, Alabama
Education rates
Edwards, Susan
EE Campaign
EE National Tour
Emancipation Proclamation
Emory University
Empowerment Experiment, The (EE)
accused of racism
budget for
Christmastime during
clout/notoriety gained by
co-founders of, background on
conceptualizing the plan for
conducting business of, at Farmers Best
cynicism and pessimism as part of
daily routine for
despair during
documenting
emotions hindering
entrepreneurs and directory publishers wanting to partner with
executive advisers of
expanded network and speaking engagements following
Facebook fans of
final months of, status during
gentrification and
idea for
impact of co-founder’s tragic family situation on
individual transformations from
lack of assistance from Prominent Black Folks for
last official day of
lawsuit threat resulting in name change to
lessons learned as part of
lingering disillusionment during
making the commitment to undertake
members of, number of
midyear status of
naiveness in the early days of
negative online/e-mail comments about
official launch of, location of
path following
potential benefit of expanding, findings on
prelaunch expense of
promise of
reason for having embarked on
reflecting back on
registering businesses with
soliciting support from PBFs for
stalled momentum of
strengthened marriage during
supporters of
tips from, for buying Black
unexpected benefit of
victory party for, plans for
website for
worries following
at year end, article reflecting on
See also Buying Black
Empowerment Experiment, The (EE), report
background
on business accessibility
on business awareness
on buying power
on capturing value
case study
conclusion
on dollars spent
findings
on geographical spending
issues involving the study and
on marketing and sources
on number of Black-owned businesses
on potential benefits of self-help economics
on quality and service
results and analysis
on sector gaps
statistical appendices
and US Black spending by category
Empowerment Experiment Foundation Center, The
Empowerment Experiment Foundation, Inc., The
board of directors of
building a directory of Black businesses
contact information for
note to the GOP about
Empowerment Plan of New York Life
Encyclopedia of African American Business History (Walker)
Encyclopedia of African American Business (Smith)
Englewood, Chicago
Entitlement, sense of, problem with
Entrepreneurship Center
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
Equal rights, continuing the struggle for, need for
See also Civil rights movement/era
Essence (magazine)
Esso Standard Oil
Estée Lauder Company
Evans Cleaners
Evans, Webb
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Exelon
Facebook
Fair Share Super Market
Fairlie, Robert
Family business experience, lack of
“Fans of The Empowerment Experiment” (Facebook group)
Farmers Best Market
Farmers markets
Farmers, status of
Farming/food industry
Fashion Fair
Faye
Fear
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Female Trading Association
15 Million Negroes and 15 Billion Dollars (Bell)
5th Avenue
59th Street
Film industry
Firestone
1st Avenue
Fleming’s
Florida Farmers’ Cooperative
Food deserts
Food retail/grocery stores. See Grocery stores (Black-owned); specific businesses
Food stamps, selling, issue of
Food World
Foot Locker
Ford Foundation
Ford Heights
Ford Motor Company
“40 Acres and a Mule” order
47th Street
Foscett’s Communication & Alarm Co.
Foster, Andrew “Rube,”
Fox News
Fox TV
Franchise Diversity Initiative
Franchise model, using the
See also specific franchises
Fraser, George
FraserNet
Frazier, E. F.
Free African Society
“Free produce movement,”
Friday (film)
Friendship-West Baptist Church
“From Other Shores—Recent Wave of Asian, Latin American and Caribbean Immigrants Is Stirring Fears of Displacement in the Black Community” (article)
Fyple business directory
Gap, the
Gardner, Elizabeth Ann
Garfield Park
Garvey, Marcus
Gary, Cleveland
Gates Foundation
Gautier, Thane
General Motors
Genocide
Gentrification
Georgetown University
Georgia State University
Ghana
Ghetto glorification, hoax of
Gibson’s
Glen Ellyn
God First God Last God Always
Gold Coast
Golden Age of Black Business
Goldman Sachs
Good intentions vs. action
Google
Graffiti and Grub
Grambling State University
Grand Boulevard district
Great American Bagel store
Great Depression
Great Migration
Greek Town
Greeks
Greenwood, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Grocery stores (Black-owned)
case study of, and absence analysis
chain of, as cooperatives
current reality of
health impact from
history of
lack of
number of, census data on
plight of
viable, creation of, and implications
Grocery/food retail stores. See Grocery stores (Black-owned); specific businesses
Gross domestic product (GDP) figures
H & R Block
Hallmark
Harlem, New York
Harper, Frances
Harvard Business School
Harvard Club
Harvard University
Harvest Institute
Harvey neighborhood
Harvey, Steve
Hate
Hawaiians
Haynes, Frederick
HBCU Entrepreneurship Consortium
Health care costs
Health care disparities
Health care industry
Health care providers
Health crises
Health insurance companies
Heritage Link Brands
Hershey
Hilliard, Amy
Hillshire Farms
Hilton
Hip-hop
Hispanics
business loan rejection rates for
as business owners
and community support
consumer exploitation and
as farmers
fundamental problem facing
health care industry and
as physicians
pride of
Historic Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), partnering of
Historical identity
History of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race, Entrepreneurship (Walker)
Hmongs
Home Depot
Homogenizing
Hopelessness
Household net worth, gap in
Houston Citizens Chamber of Commerce
Howard University
Hughes, Andre
Hughes, Belinda
Hyde Park
Hypocrisy
Hyra, Derek S.
I. Magnin
Iconix Brand Group
Ignorance
Illinois Black Chamber of Commerce
Immigrant ethnic groups, displaced by
See also specific group
Indians, as business owners
Industry sector gaps
Industry sector ratings
Inferiority, sense of, lasting sense of
Information resources, list of
Inkwell section
Innovators
Institute for Community Resource Development
Insurance industry issues
“Integration exhaustion,”
Intergenerational wealth. See Wealth creation/transfer
International Monetary Fund
International Trade Bureau
Internet connectivity, leveraging
Interracial marriage
Irish people
Israel’s Clean Meat House
Italians
Ivy League
iZania
Jack and Jill group
Jackson, Cheryl
Jackson, Cheryle
Jackson, Jesse, Jr.
Jackson, Jesse, Sr.
Jackson, Michael
Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson, Sandi
Jackson State University
Jackson, Stephen
Jamaica
James, LeBron
Jante’s Law
Jay-Z
JC Penney’s
Jefferson Tap & Grill
Jet (magazine)
Jewel (food-store chain)
Jews
Jiffy Lube
Joe’s Barbecue Fish, Chicken and Ribs
Johnson Development Corp. (JDC)
Johnson, Eric
Johnson, Lyndon Baines
Johnson, Magic (Earvin)
Johnson Products
Johnson Publishing
Johnsonville Sausage
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
Jones, Clarence B.
Jones, Nicole
Jordan, Michael
Jordan’s Closets
Jordan’s Mom’s Closets
Jorgensen-Earp, Cheryl R.
Jos. A. Bank clothing
Joseph Coors Company
Journal of Labor Economics
Journal of the National Medical Association
Joyner, Tom
J’s Fresh Meats
Kankakee
Kansas City, Missouri
Kappa Alpha Psi chapter
Karriem (“KB”). See Beyah, Karriem
Keckley, Elizabeth
Kellogg Graduate School of Management
Kellwood Company
Kennedy, John F.
Kennedy-King College
Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)
Kill the Messenger (television show)
Kimbark Liquor Store
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Kingston Avenue
Kinko’s
Kiwi’s Boutique
Kmart
Koreans
Kraft Foods
Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa Kidz
Lafayette College
Lake Michigan
Lampley, Gary
Laramie Street
Latinos
Latrell, Milton
Laury’s bakery
Lawndale
Leakage phenomenon
Lebanese investor
Lee, Spike
Leon’s Thriftway
Levy Entrepreneurship Center
Levy Institute for Entrepreneurship Practice
Liberty City, Miami, Florida
Life insurance, use of
Lincoln, Mary Todd
Link machines
Links, The
Little Caesar’s
Little Gym franchise
Loan rejection
Loop, the
See also South Loop
L’Oreal
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles Rams
Los Angeles Times (newspaper)
Louis, Joe
Love-hate dynamic
“Low hanging fruit” approach, starting with a
Lowe, Ann
Lynchburg College
Lynching
Lyons, Eric
M Lounge
MacArthur’s restaurant
Macy’s
Madison, James
Madison Street
Mahogany cards
Mahogany Graphics
Mainstream media
exposure from
fading inquiries from
largest outlets of, attention from
problem with
See also specific media outlets
Mainstream Media Club
Major League Baseball
Malcolm X
Malone, Maurice
Man and Woman of the Year award
Marcus, Gisele
Mario’s Butcher Shop
Market capture
Market (restaurant)
Marketing issues. See Advertising industry
Marriott
Martha’s Vineyard, Inkwell section of the
Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute
Martin, Roland
Mass retailers, buying Black at, tips for
Mattel
Maybelline
Maywood
McCartney, John T.
McCormick Place
McDonald’s
McGruder, Aaron
Media coverage. See Mainstream media; specific media outlets
Megachurch venue
Miami Dolphins
Miami, Florida
Miami Heat
Middle Easterners
See also Arabs
Middle Man Minority issue
Millennium Park
Minority Business Hall of Fame
Minority Business Owner of the Year
Minority business set-aside programs
Minuteman Press
Mississippi
Mitchell, Eugene
MK Cleaners
Mocha Moms
Monkey Island
Monopoly game
Monroe, Mell
Montgomery, Alabama
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Moo & Oink (meat chain store)
Moore, LaTissha Kandrell
Morehouse College
Moss, Pastor
Moyo, Yvette
MSNBC
Multigenerational wealth. See Wealth creation/transfer
Murphy, Eddie
Mutual aid societies
“My Black is Beautiful” skin care
Myers, Samuel L., Jr.
NAACP
Nashville, Tennessee
Nation builders
National Alliance of Market Developers (NAMD)
National Association of Black Accountants
National Association of Black Hotel Owners, Operators, and Developers (NABHOOD)
National Association of Funeral Directors
National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC)
National Bar Association
National Black Chamber of Commerce
National Black MBA Association
National Black MBA Convention
National Black McDonald’s Operators Association
National Council of Negro Women
National Healthcare Disparities Report
National Medical Association
National Minority Supplier Development Council
National Negro Bankers Association
National Negro Business League (NNBL)
National Negro Convention
National Negro Insurance Association
National Negro Retail Merchants Association
National Negro Trade Weeks
National Public Radio
National Surveys of Small Business Finances
National Urban League
Native Americans
Negro Baseball League
Negro Business Leagues
Negro Handbook, The (Johnson Publishing)
Neiman Marcus
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)
New Jack City (film)
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Philadelphia Christian Ministries
New Urban Renewal: The Economic Transformation of Harlem and Bronzeville (Hyra)
New York City
See also specific communities/neighborhoods
New York cooperative
New York Life
New York Life African American Market Unit
New York Times (newspaper)
Newport, Rhode Island
Next TV (television show)
Nielsen
9th Avenue
Nixon, Richard
Nommo, Nzingha
Norfolk, Virginia
North Carolina A & T State University
North Side
Northwestern University
Nursing
Oak Brook
Oak Park
Oak Park Avenue
“Oak Park Couple Travel Far and Wide on a Mission to Spend Their Money Only at Black-Owned Businesses” (newspaper article)
Obama administration
Obama, Barack
Obama family
Oberweis Dairy
O’Brien, Soledad
Office Max
Oil of Olay
100 Black Men of America, Inc.
Online presence, importance of
Online shopping, tips for
Operation Breadbasket
Operation PUSH
Oprah. See Winfrey, Oprah
Ownership, sense of
Oxford University
Pacific-Islanders
Paige, Satchel
Panera Bread
Paradigm shift
Park 52 restaurant
Parks, Rosa
Parrish Street, Durham
Pattillo, Mary
PBS
People’s Cooperative
Pepsico
Phat Fashions
Philadelphia
“Philadelphia Negro, The” (Du Bois)
Physicians
Pierre, Antoine
Pitney Bowes
Pittsburgh directory
Pizza Hut
Polish communities
Popeye’s
Poverty
Powell, David
Powell, Michelle
Powered by Action (PBA)
Powerlessness, anger over
See also Black Power movement
PowerNetworking Conference
PowerNomics (Anderson)
Prescriptives All Skins
Presidency of the United States. See US presidency
Pride
Procter & Gamble
Prominent Black Folks (PBFs)
empty promises made by
fear among
lack of assistance from
soliciting support from
Public assistance figures
Public Works Employment Act
Pullman
Quality and service levels
importance of
rating
Quattro
Quench (healthy fast-food chain)
Quiznos franchise
Race and Entrepreneurial Success: Black-, Asian-, and White-Owned Businesses in the United States (Fairlie and Robb)
Race riots
“Racial fatigue,”
Racial tension
Racial tolerance, progress made toward, questioning
Racism
accusations of, directed at EE
among Blacks against Blacks
centuries of, effects of
corporate
Cubans and
denouncing
fear fueling
gentrification and
health care and
historic
no longer blaming
online comments reflecting
paradigm of, foundations of, dismantling
scared to stop blaming
Rainbow PUSH Coalition
Rajan, Raghuram
Rape
Real Men Cook
Real Men Cook Chicago picnic
Receipts, saving
Recycling Black Dollars
Redmond, LaDonna
Referrals
importance of
spending based on
Reggio’s Pizza
Regular patronage, tips for
Renee
Resources for information, list of
“Restoring Bronzeville” plan
Retail industry
Revlon Company
Rice, Linda Johnson
Richmond, Virginia
Rickey, Branch
Ride with Doug and Dede, The (radio show)
Riots. See Race riots
Ripple effect
River Forest Mall
Robb, Alicia
Roberts, Desmond
Robinson, Jackie
Rocawear
Rock, Chris
Rockefellers, the
Rockford
Rogers, John Jr.
Rogers, Steven
Rolling Out (magazine)
Roosevelt Road
Roosevelts, the
Roots (Haley)
Rowland, Dick
Rush Street
Safeway
Salem House of Hope
Samuels, Adrienne
Samuelsson, Marcus
San Francisco, California
Satcher, David
Savannah, Georgia
SC Johnson Wax
Sea Girt Hotel
Sean John clothing line
Sears
Seattle, Washington
Seaway Furniture
Segregation
Seinfeld (television show)
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Self-help economics
authentic example of
beginnings of
practice of
principle of
report on potential benefits of
See also Buying Black
Selma-Montgomery marches
Sensual Steps Shoe Salon
Seven Sisters Bukettraube
17th Avenue
75th Street
71st Street
79th Street
Shades of You line
Shaft (film)
Sherrod, Shirley
Shula’s
Shuman, Michael H.
Simmons, Kimora Lee
Simmons, Russell
Singleton, John
Slaughter, Jera
Slaughter, Joslyn
Slavery
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Small steps, taking
Smiley, Tavis
Smith, Jessie Carney
Smith, Willie Donnell
Snipes, Wesley
Social change, powering
Soul Purpose
South Holland
South Loop
South Shore
South Shore Cultural Center
South Side
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Southern University
Southfield, Michigan
Spectrum Cosmetics
Spiegel catalog
St. Sabina
Stanford University
Stapleton, Leon
Starbucks
Start-up capital
State Farm
Status quo
Steed Media
Steed, Munson
Stephens, Brooke
Stereotypes
Steve Harvey Collection (clothing line)
Steve Harvey Morning Show, The (radio show)
Stewart, James
Stewart, Maria
Story of Durham, City of the New South, The (Boyd)
Suave products
Suburb vs. city spending, analysis of
Subway franchise
Success Runs in Our Race: The Complete Guide to Effective Networking in the African-American Community (Fraser)
Sullivan Commission
Sullivan, David J.
Sullivan, Louis W.
SuperValu
Supplier diversity
Swedes and Scandinavians
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (film)
Tabor, Corey
TagTeam Marketing
Talented Tenth doctrine
Talking Dollars and Making Sense: A Wealth Building Guide for African-Americans (Stephens)
Tall Poppy Syndrome
Tallahassee, Florida
Target
Target Greatland
Target markets, understanding
Targeting methods, corporate
See also Advertising industry
Tax cuts
Teen spending
Television industry
Temple University
Terry, Jesse A.
Terry Manufacturing Company
T.G.I. Friday’s
Third World Café
Till, Emmett
Time (magazine)
“To Fulfill These Rights” (Johnson)
Tobacco and alcohol companies
Tony Brown’s Journal (television show)
Townsend, Robert
Toyota
Training. See Business training
Trickle-down economics
Trinity United Church of Christ
Trouble Man (film)
Tru restaurant
Truth, Sojourner
Tucker, Gus
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee University
TV and Radio One
Tyrrell Credit Union
Ultra Sheen Permanent Crème Relaxer
Unemployment
United American Progress Association
United Center
United Negro College Fund
Unity
Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)
Universities and colleges
partnering with
problem with
working toward solutions
See also specific institutions
University of Chicago
University of Cincinnati
University of Illinois
University of Minnesota
University of Missouri
University of Pennsylvania
University of Texas
Upper East Side, New York City
UPS
“Urban Coffee Opportunities,”
Urban Investment Group Companies
Urban Leagues
US Cellular
US Cellular Field
US Census Bureau
US Census Economic Report (2002)
US consumer spending, statistics on
US Department of Agriculture
US Department of Commerce
US Department of Health and Human Services
US presidency
See also specific presidents
US Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
US Supreme Court
Value capture
Vanderbilts, the
Venkatesh, Sudhir Alladi
Virginia
Virginia Tech University
Virtual Black Community
Voices of Democracy (journal)
W Hotel
Wade, Dwyane
Walgreens
Walker, David
Walker, Juliet E. K.
Wal-Mart
Walton, Sam
Washington, Booker T.
Washington, D.C.
Washington Park
Watkins, Tionne “T-Boz,”
Watts, Los Angeles
WBEZ-FM
“We Are One Power” Conference
Wealth creation/transfer
Wealthy, tax cuts for the
Web research sources
See also Business directories
Weems, Robert E., Jr.
Welcome Inn Manor
Wellesley
Wells, Ida B.
Wells Street
West, Cornel
West, Kanye
West Side
Whale Fish & Chicken
Whip (newspaper)
“White flight,”
White House Briefing to Community Leaders
White House Office of Public Engagement
“White Life,”
White, Lydia
Whites
anger from
Blacks lagging behind, despite gains following civil rights era
business loan rejection rates for
as business owners
closure rate for businesses owned by
cluelessness of
competition from
distance between Blacks and, narrowing
economic oppression by, cooperatives resulting from
educating, as holders of capital
efforts by, historically, to drive Blacks out of their trades
encouraging e-mails from
as farmers
fear among
gentrification and
household median net worth
judgments by
lynchings by, of Black businesspeople
money circulation and
negative online comments from
neighborhoods for
offending, fear of
as physicians
relocation of, unlikelihood of
rural, fundamental problem in communities of
speaking to crowds comprised mostly of
stores for
view of race and class held by
warped Black pride and
wealth of
See also specific White-owned businesses
Whole Foods
Williams College
Williamsburg Colored School
WilliWearLimited
Wilson, William Julius
Winberie’s restaurant
WineStyles franchise
Winfrey, Oprah
Woods Grocery
Woolworth’s
World War II
Wright, Jeremiah
Wright, Richard
WVON (radio station)
Yucaipa Johnson
Zimbabwe