This article examines the experiences and attitudes of contemporary Black manufactures in the ethnic beauty aids industry. This industry produces specialized haircare products and cosmetics for Black consumers. Although this article focuses on owners of manufacturing businesses in a single industry, it is important because Black manufactures have historically been active in the ethnic beauty aids industry.
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Ethnic Solidarity and Black Business: The Case of Ethnic Beauty Aids Distributors in Chicago
This paper examines the development of a separate economic niche for black entrepreneurs in Chicago’s ethnic beauty aids industry.
Television, Violence, African American and Social Controls 1950-1976
The Hidden Face of Racism
Solving the Dewey Problem: Where Do We Go From Here?
The purpose of this essay is to contribute to the development of the Penn Thesis by identifying the major challenges that must be overcome to advance Dewey’s goal of transforming the United States into a socially just, participatory, democratic society.
The Health Status of the Near East Side Black Community: A Study of the Wellness and Neighborhood Conditions Buffalo, New York
The purpose of this study is to gain insight into black community wellness by examining a number of health, social, economic, cultural, and lifestyle issues that affect the health status of Buffalo’s Near East Side black community.
The Historical Overview of Blacks in the Fruit Belt: The Continuing Struggle to Build a Vibrant Community
This report provides and overview of the history of blacks in Buffalo’s Fruit Belt and the classic tale of how urban policies have destabilized the African American community and robbed low to moderate‐income blacks of the wealth producing power of home-ownership.
Black in Buffalo: A late-century progress report
In this essay commissioned by The Buffalo News, Henry Louis Taylor takes a look at the struggles of community building and neighborhood development within Buffalo’s East Side.