Aspire Higher: Winning On and Off the Court with Determination, Discipline, and Decisions: Avery Johnson, Roy S. Johnson

Avery Johnson is a coach, a teacher, and sometimes even a preacher, but most of all, he is a motivator, driving his team with the same fiery passion that allowed him to earn his championship credentials as an NBA player. Growing up in New Orleans’s Lafitte Housing Project, he was never the biggest, fastest, [...]

African-American Business Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary: John N. Ingham, Lynne B. Feldman

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This book surveys the accomplishments of 123 African Americans in the arena of business. Narrative profiles of 5-15 pages conclude with lengthy lists of references. Some of the biographical information for the profiles comes from primary sources, and the location of the individual’s papers are given, [...]

African American Entrepreneurship in Richmond, 1890-1940: The Funeral Industry and the Story of R.C. Scott (Studies in Entrepreneurship): Michael Plater

The study provides a case study of the Richmond African American funeral home industry and its role in the African American community’s economic system and power structure in the early 20th century, as well as assessing the history of funeral services in Europe and the US, a discussion of reasons w

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African American Entrepreneurship in Richmond, 1890-1940: The Funeral Industry and the Story of R.C. Scott (Studies in Entrepreneurship): Michael Plater

The study provides a case study of the Richmond African American funeral home industry and its role in the African American community’s economic system and power structure in the early 20th century, as well as assessing the history of funeral services in Europe and the US, a discussion of reasons w

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