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Ivy League
iZania
Jack and Jill group
Jackson, Cheryl
Jackson, Cheryle
Jackson, Jesse, Jr.
Jackson, Jesse, Sr.
Jackson, Michael
Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson, Sandi
Jackson State University
Jackson, Stephen
Jamaica
James, LeBron
Jante’s Law
Jay-Z
JC Penney’s
Jefferson Tap & Grill
Jet (magazine)
Jewel (food-store chain)
Jews
Jiffy Lube
Joe’s Barbecue Fish, Chicken and Ribs
Johnson Development Corp. (JDC)
Johnson, Eric
Johnson, Lyndon Baines
Johnson, Magic (Earvin)
Johnson Products
Johnson Publishing
Johnsonville Sausage
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
Jones, Clarence B.
Jones, Nicole
Jordan, Michael
Jordan’s Closets
Jordan’s Mom’s Closets
Jorgensen-Earp, Cheryl R.
Jos. A. Bank clothing
Joseph Coors Company
Journal of Labor Economics
Journal of the National Medical Association
Joyner, Tom
J’s Fresh Meats
Kankakee
Kansas City, Missouri
Kappa Alpha Psi chapter
Karriem (“KB”). See Beyah, Karriem
Kcsoul.com
Keckley, Elizabeth
Kellogg Graduate School of Management
Kellwood Company
Kennedy, John F.
Kennedy-King College
Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)
Kill the Messenger (television show)
Kimbark Liquor Store
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Kingston Avenue
Kinko’s
Kiwi’s Boutique
Kmart
Koreans
Kraft Foods
Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa Kidz
Lafayette College
Lake Michigan
Lampley, Gary
Laramie Street
Latinos
Latrell, Milton
Laury’s bakery
Lawndale
Leakage phenomenon
Lebanese investor
Lee, Spike
Leon’s Thriftway
Levy Entrepreneurship Center
Levy Institute for Entrepreneurship Practice
Liberty City, Miami, Florida
Life insurance, use of
Lincoln, Mary Todd
Link machines
Links, The
Little Caesar’s
Little Gym franchise
Loan rejection
Loop, the
See also South Loop
L’Oreal
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles Rams
Los Angeles Times (newspaper)
Louis, Joe
Love-hate dynamic
“Low hanging fruit” approach, starting with a
Lowe, Ann
Lynchburg College
Lynching
Lyons, Eric
M Lounge
MacArthur’s restaurant
Macy’s
Madison, James
Madison Street
Mahogany cards
Mahogany Graphics
Mainstream media
exposure from
fading inquiries from
largest outlets of, attention from
problem with
See also specific media outlets
Mainstream Media Club
Major League Baseball
Malcolm X
Malone, Maurice
Man and Woman of the Year award
Marcus, Gisele
Mario’s Butcher Shop
Market capture
Market (restaurant)
Marketing issues. See Advertising industry
Marriott
Martha’s Vineyard, Inkwell section of the
Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute
Martin, Roland
Mass retailers, buying Black at, tips for
Mattel
Maybelline
Maywood
McCartney, John T.
McCormick Place
McDonald’s
McGruder, Aaron
Media coverage. See Mainstream media; specific media outlets
Megachurch venue
Miami Dolphins
Miami, Florida
Miami Heat
Middle Easterners
See also Arabs
Middle Man Minority issue
Millennium Park
Minority Business Hall of Fame
Minority Business Owner of the Year
Minority business set-aside programs
Minuteman Press
Mississippi
Mitchell, Eugene
MK Cleaners
Mocha Moms
Monkey Island
Monopoly game
Monroe, Mell
Montgomery, Alabama
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Moo & Oink (meat chain store)
Moore, LaTissha Kandrell
Morehouse College
Moss, Pastor
Moyo, Yvette
MSNBC
Multigenerational wealth. See Wealth creation/transfer
Murphy, Eddie
Mutual aid societies
“My Black is Beautiful” skin care
Myblacknetworks.com
Myers, Samuel L., Jr.
myurbanevents.com
NAACP
Nabhood.net
Nareb.com
Nashville, Tennessee
Nation builders
National Alliance of Market Developers (NAMD)
National Association of Black Accountants
National Association of Black Hotel Owners, Operators, and Developers (NABHOOD)
National Association of Funeral Directors
National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC)
National Bar Association
National Black Chamber of Commerce
National Black MBA Association
National Black MBA Convention
National Black McDonald’s Operators Association
National Council of Negro Women
National Healthcare Disparities Report
National Medical Association
National Minority Supplier Development Council
National Negro Bankers Association
National Negro Business League (NNBL)
National Negro Convention
National Negro Insurance Association
National Negro Retail Merchants Association
National Negro Trade Weeks
National Public Radio
National Surveys of Small Business Finances
National Urban League
Native Americans
Negro Baseball League
Negro Business Leagues
Negro Handbook, The (Johnson Publishing)
Neiman Marcus
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)
New Jack City (film)
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Philadelphia Christian Ministries
New Urban Renewal: The Economic Transformation of Harlem and Bronzeville (Hyra)
New York City
See also specific communities/neighborhoods
New York cooperative
New York Life
New York Life African American Market Unit
New York Times (newspaper)
Newport, Rhode Island
Next TV (television show)
Nielsen
9th Avenue
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Nixon, Richard
Nommo, Nzingha
Norfolk, Virginia
North Carolina A & T State University
North Side
Northwestern University
Nursing
Oak Brook
Oak Park
Oak Park Avenue
“Oak Park Couple Travel Far and Wide on a Mission to Spend Their Money Only at Black-Owned Businesses” (newspaper article)
Obama administration
Obama, Barack
Obama family
Oberweis Dairy
O’Brien, Soledad
Office Max
Oil of Olay
100 Black Men of America, Inc.
Online presence, importance of
Online shopping, tips for
Operation Breadbasket
Operation PUSH
Oprah. See Winfrey, Oprah
Ownership, sense of
Oxford University
Pacific-Islanders
Paige, Satchel
Panera Bread
Paradigm shift
Park 52 restaurant
Parks, Rosa
Parrish Street, Durham
Pattillo, Mary
PaulFredrick.com
PBS
People’s Cooperative
Pepsico
Phat Fashions
Philadelphia
“Philadelphia Negro, The” (Du Bois)
Physicians
Pierre, Antoine
Pitney Bowes
Pittsburgh directory
Pizza Hut
Polish communities
Popeye’s
Poverty
Powell, David
Powell, Michelle
Powered by Action (PBA)
Powerlessness, anger over
See also Black Power movement
PowerNetworking Conference
PowerNomics (Anderson)
Prescriptives All Skins
Presidency of the United States. See US presidency
Pride
Procter & Gamble
Prominent Black Folks (PBFs)
empty promises made by
fear among
lack of assistance from
soliciting support from
Public assistance figures
Public Works Employment Act
Pullman
Quality and service levels
importance of
rating
Quattro
Quench (healthy fast-food chain)
Quiznos franchise
Race and Entrepreneurial Success: Black-, Asian-, and White-Owned Businesses in the United States (Fairlie and Robb)
Race riots
“Racial fatigue,”
Racial tension
Racial tolerance, progress made toward, questioning
Racism
accusations of, directed at EE
among Blacks against Blacks
centuries of, effects of
corporate
Cubans and
denouncing
fear fueling
gentrification and
health care and
historic
no longer blaming
online comments reflecting
paradigm of, foundations of, dismantling
scared to stop blaming
Rainbow PUSH Coalition
Rajan, Raghuram
Rape
Real Men Cook
Real Men Cook Chicago picnic
Receipts, saving
Recycling Black Dollars
Redmond, LaDonna
Referrals
importance of
spending based on
Reggio’s Pizza
Regular patronage, tips for
Renee
Resources for information, list of
“Restoring Bronzeville” plan
Retail industry
Reverse90.com
Revlon Company
Rice, Linda Johnson
Richmond, Virginia
Rickey, Branch
Ride with Doug and Dede, The (radio show)
Riots. See Race riots
Ripple effect
River Forest Mall
Robb, Alicia
Roberts, Desmond
Robinson, Jackie
Rocawear
Rock, Chris
Rockefellers, the
Rockford
Rogers, John Jr.
Rogers, Steven
Rolling Out (magazine)
Roosevelt Road
Roosevelts, the
Roots (Haley)
Rowland, Dick
Rush Street
Safeway
Salem House of Hope
Samuels, Adrienne
Samuelsson, Marcus
San Francisco, California
Satcher, David
Savannah, Georgia
SC Johnson Wax
Sea Girt Hotel
Sean John clothing line
Sears
Seattle, Washington
Seaway Furniture
Segregation
Seinfeld (television show)
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Self-help economics
authentic example of
beginnings of
practice of
principle of
report on potential benefits of
See also Buying Black
Selma-Montgomery marches
Sensual Steps Shoe Salon
Seven Sisters Bukettraube
17th Avenue
75th Street
71st Street
79th Street
Shades of You line
Shaft (film)
Sherrod, Shirley
Shula’s
Shuman, Michael H.
Shushmedeals.com
Simmons, Kimora Lee
Simmons, Russell
Singleton, John
Slaughter, Jera
Slaughter, Joslyn
Slavery
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Small steps, taking
Smiley, Tavis
Smith, Jessie Carney
Smith, Willie Donnell
Snipes, Wesley
Social change, powering
Soul Purpose
South Holland
South Loop
South Shore
South Shore Cultural Center
South Side
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Southern University
Southfield, Michigan
Spectrum Cosmetics
Spiegel catalog
St. Sabina
Stanford University
Stapleton, Leon
Starbucks
Start-up capital
State Farm
Status quo
Steed Media
Steed, Munson
Stephens, Brooke
Stereotypes
Steve Harvey Collection (clothing line)
Steve Harvey Morning Show, The (radio show)
Stewart, James
Stewart, Maria
Story of Durham, City of the New South, The (Boyd)
Suave products
Suburb vs. city spending, analysis of
Subway franchise
Success Runs in Our Race: The Complete Guide to Effective Networking in the African-American Community (Fraser)
Sullivan Commission
Sullivan, David J.
Sullivan, Louis W.
SuperValu
Supplier diversity
Supportblackowned.org
Swedes and Scandinavians
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (film)
Tabor, Corey
TagTeam Marketing
Talented Tenth doctrine
Talking Dollars and Making Sense: A Wealth Building Guide for African-Americans (Stephens)
Tall Poppy Syndrome
Tallahasse
e, Florida
Target
Target Greatland
Target markets, understanding
Targeting methods, corporate
See also Advertising industry
Tax cuts
Teen spending
Television industry
Temple University
Terry, Jesse A.
Terry Manufacturing Company
T.G.I. Friday’s
Third World Café
Till, Emmett
Time (magazine)
“To Fulfill These Rights” (Johnson)
Tobacco and alcohol companies
Tony Brown’s Journal (television show)
Townsend, Robert
Toyota
Training. See Business training
Trickle-down economics
Trinity United Church of Christ
Trouble Man (film)
Tru restaurant
Truth, Sojourner
Tucker, Gus
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee University
TV and Radio One
Tyrrell Credit Union
Ultra Sheen Permanent Crème Relaxer
Unemployment
United American Progress Association
United Center
United Negro College Fund
Unity
Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)
Universities and colleges
partnering with
problem with
working toward solutions
See also specific institutions
University of Chicago
University of Cincinnati
University of Illinois
University of Minnesota
University of Missouri
University of Pennsylvania
University of Texas
Upper East Side, New York City
UPS
“Urban Coffee Opportunities,”
Urban Investment Group Companies
Urban Leagues
US Cellular
US Cellular Field
US Census Bureau
US Census Economic Report (2002)
US consumer spending, statistics on
US Department of Agriculture
US Department of Commerce
US Department of Health and Human Services
US presidency
See also specific presidents
US Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
US Supreme Court
Value capture
Vanderbilts, the
Venkatesh, Sudhir Alladi
Virginia
Virginia Tech University
Virtual Black Community
Voices of Democracy (journal)
W Hotel
Wade, Dwyane
Walgreens
Walker, David
Walker, Juliet E. K.
Wal-Mart
Walton, Sam
Washington, Booker T.
Washington, D.C.
Washington Park
Watkins, Tionne “T-Boz,”
Watts, Los Angeles
WBEZ-FM
“We Are One Power” Conference
Wealth creation/transfer
Wealthy, tax cuts for the