Our Black Year (47 page)

Copyright © 2012 by Maggie Anderson and Ted Gregory. Published in the United States by PublicAffairs™, a Member of the Perseus Books Group

 

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“The Empowerment Experiment: The Findings and Potential Impact on Black-Owned Businesses” (© 2010 Dwetri Addy et al.) reprinted with permission of the study's authors.

 

 

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Anderson, Maggie.

Our black year : one family's quest to buy Black in America's racially divided economy / Maggie Anderson with Ted Gregory. p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

eISBN : 978-1-610-39025-5

1. African American business enterprises. 2. African Americans—Economic conditions. 3. Consumer behavior. 4. United States—Race relations. I. Gregory, Ted. II. Title.

HD2358.5.U6A53 2012

330.9730089'96073—dc23

2011040609