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Informationen zum Autor Professor W. Sherman Rogers is professor of law at the Howard University School of Law School in Washington, D.C. Professor Rogers is licensed to practice law in state and federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court. He is also a registered stockbroker and general securities principal, and has life and health insurance licenses. His multi-disciplined background as a law professor, practicing attorney, stockbroker, and life and health insurance agent has provided him with a great deal of practical and theoretical knowledge in the area of law, entrepreneurship, and economics. Klappentext African American entrepreneurship has been an integral part of the American economy since the 1600s. On the eve of the Civil War, the collective wealth of free blacks was approximately $50 million. In 2006, African Americans earned a whopping $744 billion, a figure that exceeds the gross domestic product of all but 15 nations of the 192 independent countries in the world. As W. Sherman Rogers so ably demonstrates, African Americans have achieved these economic gains under difficult circumstances. Slavery, segregation, and legally limited access to property, education, and other opportunities have taken a heavy toll, even to this day. Besides providing a penetrating glimpse into the world of black entrepreneurship both past and present, this book urges African Americans to gain financial independence as entrepreneurs. Business ownership, Rogers argues, will bring security, wealth that can be passed to successive generations, and educated offspring with much greater earning power. The African American Entreprenuer: Then and Now explores the lower economic status of black Americans in light of America's legacy of slavery, segregation, and rampant discrimination. Its main purpose is to shine a light on the legal, historical, sociological and political factors that together help to explain the economic condition of black people in America from their arrival in America to the present. In the process, the book spotlights the many amazing breakthroughs made by black entrepreneurs even before the Civil War and Emancipation. Profiles of business people from the Post-civil War period through today include Booker T. Washington, pioneer banker and insurer A.G. Gaston, hair care entrepreneur Madame C.J. Walker, Ebony publisher John H. Johnson, Black Entertainment Television founder Robert L. Johnson, publisher Earl Graves, music producer Damon Dash, rapper Sean Combs, former basketball stars Dave Bing and Magic Johnson, food entrepreneur Michelle Hoskins, broadcast personality Cathy Hughes, former Beatrice Foods head Reginald Lewis, Oprah Winfrey, and many more. As Rogers points out, reading about remarkable African American entrepreneurs can inspire readers to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset. To further that goal and help readers take the plunge, he outlines many of the skills, tools and information necessary for business success-success that can help chart a new path to prosperity for all African Americans. Zusammenfassung Besides providing a penetrating glimpse into the world of black entrepreneurship both past and present! this book urges African Americans to gain financial independence as entrepreneurs. As Rogers points out! reading about remarkable African American entrepreneurs can inspire readers to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part I Foundations of Excellence: The African American Entrepreneur from Slavery to the Present Chapter 1 Entrepreneurship as a Key Factor in the Black Quest for Economic Parity Chapter 2 The Black Economic Journey from the 1600s to the Civil War Chapter 3 The Reconstruction Era: 1867-1877 Chapter 4 Government-Imposed Segregation: Jim Crow Dances with the U.S. Supreme Court Chapter 5 Black ...
