Our Black Year (44 page)
Authors: Maggie Anderson
Dyson, Michael Eric
Eagle with Joe Madison, The
(radio show)
(radio show)
Early Show
(television show)
(television show)
East Harlem
Eastern Europeans
Ebon-Aids
Ebony Experiment, The.
See
The Empowerment Experiment (EE)
See
The Empowerment Experiment (EE)
Ebony
(magazine)
(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
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
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)
(Walker)
Encyclopedia of African American Business
(Smith)
(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
Civil rights movement/era
Essence
(magazine)
(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)
(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
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)
(film)
Friendship-West Baptist Church
“From Other ShoresâRecent 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
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)
(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
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)
(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
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)
(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
South Loop
L'Oreal
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles Rams
Los Angeles Times
(newspaper)
(newspaper)
Louis, Joe
Love-hate dynamic
“Low hanging fruit” approach, starting with a
Lowe, Ann
Lynchburg College
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