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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Central city socio-economic characteristics and public participation strategies
This article aims to examine the mechanisms used by municipalities to stimulate public participation and, in part, to argue that contrasts between the socio-economic make-up of central cities in the USA and Canada explain these divergent techniques.
The effects of perceived funding trends on non-profit advocacy
This paper seeks to examine executive directors’ perceptions of the relationships between access to funding and an organization’s programmatic and advocacy activities.
Nonprofit perceptions of local government performance in affordable housing
The purpose of this paper is to examine how executive directors of nonprofit organizations perceive local government performance in affordable housing. It builds on a larger body of research concerning the affordable housing activities of government and community-based nonprofit housing organizations at the local level.
How local public administrators, nonprofit providers, and elected officials perceive impediments to fair housing in the suburbs: an analysis of Erie County, New York
This article examines how local public officials, nonprofit providers, and elected officials in the suburbs of Erie County, NY perceive impediments to fair housing.
Building a Better Neighborhood Housing Partnership
Prior research has examined the role of intermediary organizations in affordable housing development and community-based housing organization (CBHO) capacity building. This article builds on this work by examining an applied research project aimed at assessing the feasibility of creating a neighborhood housing partnership (NHP) organization in Buffalo, New York.
Chasing a Paper Tiger: Evaluating Buffalo’s Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice
This article focuses on a specific component of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD’s) strategy to implement a fair housing strategy, its requirements for local jurisdictions that receive community development block grant (CDBG) dollars to prepare an analysis of impediments to fair housing choice (AI) report.
The Four Horseman of the Fair Housing Apocalypse: A Critique of Fair Housing Policy in the USA
This article examines US fair housing policy from a critical perspective.
Neighborhood characteristics, community development corporations and the community development industry system: a case study of the American Deep South
This article examines the relationship between neighborhood characteristics and community development corporations (CDC).
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.