ABSTRACT

This work brings together for the first time the ideas, philosophies and interpretations of North America's leading African American economists, demonstrating that racial inequality has had an immense impact on African Americans' daily lives.

chapter 1|8 pages

Editor's Notes

chapter 2|37 pages

Preamble

Blacks In The American Economy: Summary Of Selected Research

part I|108 pages

Race, Gender, And Economics

chapter 6|6 pages

Missed Opportunity

Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander And The Economics Profession*

chapter 7|7 pages

Tilting Against the Wind

Reflections On The Life And Work Of Dr Phyllis Ann Wallace*

part II|147 pages

The Economic Philosophers And Their Vision

chapter 10|20 pages

Why Booker T. Washington Was Right

A Reconsideration Of The Economics Of Race

chapter 11|19 pages

Booker T. Washington

Myth Maker

chapter 13|20 pages

Soundings And Silences On Race And Social Change

Abram Harris, Jr. In The Great Depression

chapter 14|20 pages

Formulating The Negation

Abram Harris, Jr. As Critic

chapter 16|12 pages

From The New Deal To The Great Society

The Economic Activism Of Robert C. Weaver