The Business of Black Power: Community Development, Capitalism, and Corporate Responsibility in Postwar America

doi:10.1017/9781580467759

Explores business development in the Black power era and the centrality of economic goals to the larger black freedom movement.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Dedication
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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- By Laura Warren Hill, Julia Rabig
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1 - Toward a History of the Business of Black Power
pp 15-42
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Part One - Black Capitalism in Pursuit of Black Freedom
pp 43-44
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Part Two - Selling Women, Culture, and Black Power
pp 93-94
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4 - Black (Buying) Power: The Story of Essence Magazine
pp 95-115
- By Alexis Pauline Gumbs
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5 - Creating a Multicultural Soul: Avon, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Race in the 1970s
pp 116-154
- By Lindsey Feitz
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Part Three - The Business of Black Power in City and Suburb
pp 155-156
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7 - “Gilding the Ghetto” and Debates over Chicago’s Gautreaux Program
pp 184-214
- By Andrea Gill
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Conclusion: Whose Black Power? The Business of Black Power and Black Power’s Business
pp 274-303
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Epilogue: Whatever Happened to the Business of Black Power?
pp 304-312
- By Robert E. Weems Jr.
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List of Contributors
pp 313-314
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Index
pp 315-343
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Community Development, Capitalism, and Corporate Responsibility in Postwar America

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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Dedication
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Acknowledgments
pp ix-x

Introduction
pp 1-14

1 - Toward a History of the Business of Black Power
pp 15-42

Part One - Black Capitalism in Pursuit of Black Freedom
pp 43-44

2 - FIGHTing for the Soul of Black Capitalism: Struggles for Black Economic Development in Postrebellion Rochester
pp 45-67

3 - A McDonald’s That Reflects the Soul of a People: Hough Area Development Corporation and Community Development in Cleveland
pp 68-92

Part Two - Selling Women, Culture, and Black Power
pp 93-94

4 - Black (Buying) Power: The Story of Essence Magazine
pp 95-115

5 - Creating a Multicultural Soul: Avon, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Race in the 1970s
pp 116-154

Part Three - The Business of Black Power in City and Suburb
pp 155-156

6 - From Landless to Landlords: Black Power, Black Capitalism, and the Co-optation of Detroit’s Tenants’ Rights Movement, 1964–69
pp 157-183

7 - “Gilding the Ghetto” and Debates over Chicago’s Gautreaux Program
pp 184-214

Part Four - Community Development Corporations and the Business of Black Power Policymaking
pp 215-216

8 - “What We Need Is Brick and Mortar”: Race, Gender, and Early Leadership of the Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation
pp 217-244

9 - “A Fight and a Question”: Community Development Corporations, Machine Politics, and Corporate Philanthropy in the Long Urban Crisis
pp 245-273

Conclusion: Whose Black Power? The Business of Black Power and Black Power’s Business
pp 274-303

Epilogue: Whatever Happened to the Business of Black Power?
pp 304-312

List of Contributors
pp 313-314

Index
pp 315-343

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