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