Our Black Year (46 page)

University of Illinois

University of Minnesota

University of Missouri

University of Pennsylvania

University of Texas

Upper East Side, New York City

UPS

“Urban Coffee Opportunities,”

Urban Investment Group Companies

Urban Leagues

US Cellular

US Cellular Field

US Census Bureau

US Census Economic Report (2002)

US consumer spending, statistics on

US Department of Agriculture

US Department of Commerce

US Department of Health and Human Services

US presidency

US Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

US Supreme Court

Value capture

Vanderbilts, the

Venkatesh, Sudhir Alladi

Virginia

Virginia Tech University

Virtual Black Community

Voices of Democracy
(journal)

W Hotel

Wade, Dwyane

Walgreens

Walker, David

Walker, Juliet E. K.

Wal-Mart

Walton, Sam

Washington, Booker T.

Washington, D.C.

Washington Park

Watkins, Tionne “T-Boz,”

Watts, Los Angeles

WBEZ-FM

“We Are One Power” Conference

Wealth creation/transfer

Wealthy, tax cuts for the

Web research sources

See also
Business directories

Weems, Robert E., Jr.

Welcome Inn Manor

Wellesley

Wells, Ida B.

Wells Street

West, Cornel

West, Kanye

West Side

Whale Fish & Chicken

Whip
(newspaper)

“White flight,”

White House Briefing to Community Leaders

White House Office of Public Engagement

“White Life,”

White, Lydia

Whites

anger from

Blacks lagging behind, despite gains following civil rights era

business loan rejection rates for

as business owners

closure rate for businesses owned by

cluelessness of

competition from

distance between Blacks and, narrowing

economic oppression by, cooperatives resulting from

educating, as holders of capital

efforts by, historically, to drive Blacks out of their trades

encouraging e-mails from

as farmers

fear among

gentrification and

household median net worth

judgments by

lynchings by, of Black businesspeople

money circulation and

negative online comments from

neighborhoods for

offending, fear of

as physicians

relocation of, unlikelihood of

rural, fundamental problem in communities of

speaking to crowds comprised mostly of

stores for

view of race and class held by

warped Black pride and

wealth of

Whole Foods

Williams College

Williamsburg Colored School

WilliWearLimited

Wilson, William Julius

Winberie's restaurant

WineStyles franchise

Winfrey, Oprah

Woods Grocery

Woolworth's

World War II

Wright, Jeremiah

Wright, Richard

WVON (radio station)

Yucaipa Johnson

Zimbabwe

Maggie Anderson
is CEO and cofounder, along with her husband, of The Empowerment Experiment and The Empowerment Experiment Foundation. Since the completion of the Andersons' landmark experiment, Maggie has become the leader of a self-help economics movement that brings together business owners, consumers, corporations, and professional and activist groups to make sure more quality Black-owned businesses get supported—as stand-alone entities and as suppliers, vendors, and franchises. A sought-after speaker, she is the new voice of “conscious consumerism,” representing American consumers of all backgrounds who want to make sure their buying power positively impacts struggling communities. She has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and
CBS Morning News
as well as many other national television and radio shows. She received her BA from Emory University and her JD and MBA from the University of Chicago. She lives in Oak Park, Illinois, with her husband, John, and their two daughters.

 

Ted Gregory
is a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter for the
Chicago Tribune
.

PublicAffairs is a publishing house founded in 1997. It is a tribute to the standards, values, and flair of three persons who have served as mentors to countless reporters, writers, editors, and book people of all kinds, including me.

 

I.F. STONE, proprietor of
I. F. Stone's Weekly
, combined a commitment to the First Amendment with entrepreneurial zeal and reporting skill and became one of the great independent journalists in American history. At the age of eighty, Izzy published
The Trial of Socrates,
which was a national bestseller. He wrote the book after he taught himself ancient Greek.

 

BENJAMIN C. BRADLEE was for nearly thirty years the charismatic editorial leader of
The Washington Post.
It was Ben who gave the
Post
the range and courage to pursue such historic issues as Watergate. He supported his reporters with a tenacity that made them fearless and it is no accident that so many became authors of influential, best-selling books.

 

ROBERT L. BERNSTEIN, the chief executive of Random House for more than a quarter century, guided one of the nation's premier publishing houses. Bob was personally responsible for many books of political dissent and argument that challenged tyranny around the globe. He is also the founder and longtime chair of Human Rights Watch, one of the most respected human rights organizations in the world.

For fifty years, the banner of Public Affairs Press was carried by its owner Morris B. Schnapper , who published Gandhi, Nasser, Toynbee, Truman, and about 1,500 other authors. In 1983, Schnapper was described by
The Washington Post
as “a redoubtable gadfly.” His legacy will endure in the books to come.

Peter Osnos,
Founder and Editor-at-Large