| Author | House-Soremekun, Bessie, 1956-
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| Title | Confronting the odds : African American entrepreneurship in Cleveland, Ohio / Bessie House-Soremekun.
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| Published | Kent [Ohio] : Kent State University Press, c2002.
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| Description | xxvi, 202 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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| ISBN | 0-87338-734-1 |
| Formatted Note | Contents: African American entrepreneurship at the national level -- The historical development of the African American community in Cleveland and the Black-owned business sector, 1795-1895 -- Black business development in Cleveland, 1895-1960 -- Black economic and political development in the contemporary period, 1960-2002 -- The contemporary condition of Black-owned businesses in Cleveland -- The continuum of Black economic success: why some firms succeed while others fail -- Biographical sketches of African American entrepreneurs -- Conclusions and public policy recommendations.
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| Subjects | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History.
African American businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History.
African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Economic conditions.
Entrepreneurship -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History.
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| LC Card Number | 2002-3581 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: F 34 ZSL N3H842
mq226024: LC class, open stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 136616] |
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