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A visit with Robert Weems, Professor, History Department
Published: October 05, 2006 - Topics:
history,
black_capitalism,
Nixon,
economics,
African_American,
Additional Interview Clips
What primary research looks like for a historian
Drawing on secondary historical literature
The African-American Experience: An Historiographical and Bibliographic Guide (2001)
Why are black businesses disappearing from America’s landscape? The economic dimension of desegregation
Desegregating the Dollar: How white corporate America profited from desegregation and the Civil Rights Movement
Practical applications for understanding history: Weems’ recent work
The need for further national discussion about stimulating black economic development today
The personal motivation for Weems’ research
Weems’ personal background and advice to graduate students
Weems’ current research project
Topics:
economic_development
Nixon,
Robert Weems’ current research project, with colleague Lewis Randolph, looks at the history of U.S. government interest in black business development with a special focus on Richard Nixon’s “Black Capitalism” initiative.