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CURRICULUM VITAE, 1976-2003
Juliet E.K. Walker
Professor, Department of History
Founder/Director Center of Black Business, History, Entrepreneurship, Technology
The University of Texas at Austin
Garrison Hall 101
Austin, TX 78712
Office 512-471-5581
History Office 512-471-3261
Fax 512-475-7222
jekwalker@mail.utexas.edu
jekwalker@
EDUCATION
Roosevelt University, B.A. American History 1963
Loyola University of Chicago School of Law, 1966-67
University of Chicago, A.M. American History, 1970
University of Chicago, Ph.D. American History, 1976
Academic Awards:
University of Chicago History Department Fellowship, 1970
Ford Foundation Fellowship, 1970-73
Harvard University, DuBois Institute, Post-doctoral study, 1982-1983
UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS
Roosevelt University, Department of History, Lecturer, 1972-73
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Black Studies, Instructor, 1973-76
University of Illinois at Urbana, Department of History, 1976-2001
Assistant Professor, 1976-1982
Associate Professor, 1982-1990
Professor, 1990-2001
University of Texas at Austin, Visiting Professor, Spring 1979
Harvard University, W.E.B. DuBois Institute, Research Associate, 1986-87
Princeton University, Davis Center for Historical Studies, Fellow, Fall, 1994
University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Senior Fulbright Professor, Department of History, 1995-1996
The University of Texas at Austin, 2001-
BOOK PUBLICATIONS
The History of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race, Entrepreneurship (paper, rev. ed.; New York: St. Martins Press, forthcoming 2003)
The History of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race, Entrepreneurship (New York/London: Macmillan/Prentice Hall International, 1998; 2nd Printing, Macmillan, 1999).
War, Peace, and Structural Violence: Peace Activism and the African-American Experience (Bloomington: Indiana University, Center on Global Change and World Peace, 1992).
Free Frank: A Black Pioneer on the Antebellum Frontier (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1983; 2nd printing, 1985, paper, 1995).
Editor, Encyclopedia of African American Business History (Westport, CT:
Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999).
Guest Editor, African Americans in Business: The Path Towards Empowerment: Essays on Black Entrepreneurship from the African Background to the Present,
Editor, Larry Martin (Washington, D.C.: The Associated Publishers, Inc., 1998).
BOOKS FORTHCOMING
Oprah Winfrey: An American Entrepreneur (Cambridge: Harvard Business School Press, forthcoming 2004)
African-American Business and Entrepreneurship: Critical Historiographical
Assessments in the Economic and Cultural Life of Blacks and Capitalism.
(Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, forthcoming 2003)
Editor, The Oprah Winfrey Enterprise: Race, Culture and the Media (Westport CT: Praeger Publishers, forthcoming, 2002)
Senior Consulting Editor, "Commerce and Industry," Encyclopedia of the Midwest. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, forthcoming, 2003). Contributors selected by me provide entries on mining, steel, auto, rubber, agricultural, food,
Publications, pharmaceuticals, and hi-tech industries, banks, insurance, stock and commodity exchanges, mail-order, department stores, ethnic enterprises..
BOOK Manuscripts in Progress
W.E.B. Du Bois: The Economic and Racial Thought of an American Intellectual
(Interest expressed by Princeton University Press)
The Golden Age of Black Business, 1900-1930 (Interest expressed, St. Martin’s Press)
Captive Capitalists: Critical Race Theory in the African American Search for Economic Freedom (Interest expressed by Princeton University Press)
Apartheid in a Global Economy, Black Business in the United States and South Africa
PUBLICATION AWARDS
2000. CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book, Encyclopedia of African American
Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999).
1999 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award, Honorable Mention for The History of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race, Entrepreneurship (New York/London: Macmillan/Prentice Hall International, 1998)
1999 Association of Black Women Historians (ABWH) Letitia Woods Brown Prize for best Book, The History of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race, Entrepreneurship (New York/London: Macmillan/Prentice Hall International, 1998) Published by a Black Woman Historian/Best Book Published on African American Women's History.
1999. American Association of Publishers Scholarly and Professional Division, Award in Business and Management Category for The History of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race, Entrepreneurship (New York/London: Macmillan/Prentice Hall International, 1998)
1999 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book in African and African American Studies
for History of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race, Entrepreneurship
(New York/London: Macmillan/Prentice, Hall International, 1998)
1999 Black Caucus of the American Library Association 1998 Award for Outstanding
Publication for The History of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race,
Entrepreneurship (New York/London: Macmillan/Prentice Hall, 1998)
1998 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book in Management and Labor for The History
of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race, Entrepreneurship (New York/
London: Macmillan/Prentice, Hall International, 1998)
1988 Carter G. Woodson Award for Best Article ("Pioneer Slave Entrepreneurship on the Kentucky Pennyroyal Frontier), Journal of Negro History, 1983-1987.
1987 Harvard University Business School, Newcomen Prize for the best article "Racism, Slavery, and Free Enterprise: Black Entrepreneurship in the United States before the Civil War," published in the Business History Review for 1986.
1987 Association of Black Women Historians, Letitia Woods Brown Publication Prize for the best article "Racism, Slavery, and Free Enterprise" published by or on Black Women, 1986.
1984 Association of Black Women Historians Brown Publication Prize, Special Citation for Free Frank: A Black Pioneer on the Antebellum Frontier (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1983)
1979 Otto A. Rothert Award, Honorable Mention, for best article ("The Legal Status of Free Blacks in Early Kentucky, 1792-1825") published in The Filson Club History Quarterly, 1983.
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AWARDS, HONORS
Walter Prescott Web Chair, Fellow, University of Texas at Austin, 2001-02
Senior Fulbright Fellowship for Teaching and Research, South Africa, 1995-96.
Princeton University, Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies, Fellowship, Fall Semester, 1994.
Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship, 1986-87.
Berkshire Fellowship in History, Radcliffe College Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute, 1985.
American Historical Association, Albert J. Beveridge Grant for Research in American History, April, 1984.
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for Independent Study and Research, 1982-83.
Newberry Library Fellowship for the Study of State and Local History, Summer, 1977.
UIUC Research Board Grant, Project, Black Business historiography, 1998
University of Illinois International Studies Summer Grant, 1994.
Scholars Travel Fund Award to Ghana to deliver paper, March, 1993.
International Research Support Grants in the Humanities and Arts Program Recipient for Research on Ghanaian Business, April 1993.
International Programs and Studies Research and Travel Grant to Ghana, April 1993.
Research Board Grant, Black Women Historians, Spring 1992-1993.
Incomplete List of Faculty Rated As Excellent, 1991.
Research Board Grant for Black Business in American History, January 1991-December 1991.
Center for Advanced Studies, Research Associate, 1990-91
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Grant, University of Illinois Office of International Program and Studies, Summer 1985.
Research Board Grant, 1985.
University of Illinois Undergraduate Instructional Award, 1981.
Research Board Grant, 1979
UIUC All-Campus Award for Excellence in Guiding Undergraduate Research, 1998
Finalist, Oakley-Kunde Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Education, 1993.
United States Information Agency Fulbright Certificate of Award, 1996.
E. Franklin Frazier Visiting Scholar for 1988-1989 at Clark University, Worchester,
MA., declined.
Ralph Metcalfe Professor, October 3-6, 1989, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI. (Two lectureships granted each year for "Distinguished Black Professors" in various fields.)
Certificate of Achievement, United States Department of Agriculture, Farm Homes Service, Spring 1993.
Georgia Interdepartmental Universities' History Program Visiting Distinguished Scholar, 1990.
George Rogers Clark Award, September, 1990.
Key to City of Barry, Illinois, October, 1990.
Congressional Record mention of Free Frank and my activities as Founder and Director of the Free Frank Foundation, 1990.
Illinois General Assembly, House Resolution for Free Frank and my activities as Founder and Director of Foundation, 1990.
Listed: Directory of American Scholars
World's Who's Who of Women
International Who's Who in Education
JOURNAL ARTICLES/BOOK CHAPTERS
“White Corporate America: The New Arbiter of Race?,” in Kenneth Lipartito and
David Scilica, Constructing Corporate America: History, Politics, Culture
(New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2003).
“War, Women, Song: The Tectonics of Black Entrepreneurship and Business Enterprise, 1939-2000,” in Robert L. Harris and Rosalyn Terborg- Penn, eds, The Columbia Guide to African American History Since 1939 ( New York: Columbia University Press, forthcoming.2003).
“Racial Capitalism in a Global Economy: “Double-Consciousness “ and Black Business in the Economic Philosophy of W.E. B. Du Bois,” in Chester Fontenot, ed., W.E.B. DuBois, Race, and the New Millennium (Mercer, GA: Mercer University Press, 2002), 70-96..
"Oprah Winfrey, The Tycoon: Contextualizing the Economics of Race, Class, Gender in Black Business History in Post-Civil Rights America" in Alusine Jalloh and Toyin Falola, eds., Black Business and Economic Power (Rochester: University of Rochester Press, 2002), 484-525
"Neocolonialism in the African Diaspora?: Black American Business Competition in
South Africa,”in Alusine Jalloh and Toyin Falola, eds., Black Business and
Economic Power (Rochester: University of Rochester Press, 2002), 539-571.
"Constructing A Historiography of African American Business" in Arvarah E.
Strickland and Robert E. Weems, The African American Experience: An
Historical and Bibliographical Guide and Historiography (Westport CT:
Greenwood Press, 2000), 278-314. .
"Free Black Women Enterprises and Entrepreneurship: The Intersection of Business, Race, Sex, Color and Gender in the Antebellum South,” in Rosalyn Terborg-Penn and Janice Sumler-Edmond, eds., Black Women's History at the Intersection of Knowledge and Power (Acton, MA: Tapestry Press, Ltd, 2000), 49-63.
“The Future of Black Business: Can It Get Out of the Box,” in Lee A. Daniels, ed.,
. State of Black America 2000 Report (New York: National Urban League,
2000), 199-226.
"African Americans," in Elliot Barkan, ed., A Nation of Peoples: America's
Multicultural Heritage (Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing, 1999), 9-50.
“Introduction,” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed.. Encyclopedia of African American Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999), xiii-xxxi.
"Introduction" in Juliet E.K. Walker, [guest] ed., African Americans in Business: The Path Towards Empowerment (Washington, DC.: The Associated Publishers, Inc., 1998), xxi- xxiv.
"Historical Perspectives of Black Business from Africa to America, in African Americans in Business: The Path Towards Empowerment, in Juliet E.K. Walker, ed. (Washington, D.C.: The Associated Publishers, Inc., 1998), 25-38.
"Antebellum Black Entrepreneurship: Free Blacks and Slaves in Juliet E .K. Walker, ed., African Americans in Business: The Path Towards Empowerment (Washington, D.C.: The Associated Publishers, Inc., 1998),
"Twentieth Century Rise of Black Corporate America," in Juliet E.K. Walker, ed., African Americans in Business: The Path Towards Empowerment (Washington, D.C.: The Associated Publishers, Inc., 1998), 207-218.
"Forging Links: African Americans and Business in South Africa," in Juliet E.K. Walker, ed., African Americans in Business: The Path Towards Empowerment (Washington, D.C.: The Associated Publishers, Inc., 1998), 292-300.
"Trade and Markets in Precolonial West and West Central Africa: The Cultural Foundation kof the African American Business Tradition," in Thomas D. Boston, ed., A Different Vision: Race and Public Policy (London: Routledge Press, 1997), 206-252.
"Promoting Black Entrepreneurship and Business Enterprise in Antebellum America: The National Negro Convention, 1830-1855," in Thomas D. Boston, ed., A Different Vision: Race and Public Policy (London: Routledge Press, 1997), 280-318.
"The Promised Land: The Chicago Defender and the Black Press in Illinois, 1862-1970,î in H. Lewis Suggs ed., The Black Press in the Midwest (Westport CT: Greenwood Press Publishing Group, 1996),
"Prologue to Capitalism: Free Enterprise and Black Entrepreneurship, A Comparative History of Black Business in the United States and South Africa’(Johannesburg, South Africa: University of the Witwatersrand, Institute for Advanced Social Research, 1995) 1-25.
"Prejudices, Profits, Privileges: Commentaries on 'Captive Capitalists': Antebellum Black Entrepreneurship," Essays in Economic and Business History 8 (1990): 399-422.
"The Afro-American Woman: Who Was She?" in Black Women in the Middle West: A Comprehensive Resource Guide, Illinois and Indiana, Historical Essays, Oral Histories, Biographical Profiles and Document Collections. Reprinted in Darlene C. Hine, Black Women in the United States, 8 vols. (Brooklyn: Carlson Publishing Inc., 1990)
"Whither Liberty, Legality, or Equality: Slavery, Race, Property and the 1787 American Constitution," New York Law School Journal of Human Rights 6, 2 (Spring 1989): 299-352.
"Racism, Slavery, Free Enterprise: Black Entrepreneurship in the United States before the Civil War," Harvard Business History Review 60, 3 (Autumn 1986): 343-382.
"The Legal Status of Free Blacks in Early Kentucky, 1792-1825," The Filson Club History Quarterly 57 (October 1983): 383-395. Reprinted, Paul Finkleman, ed., Race and Law Before Emancipation (Hamden, CT: Garland Publishers,1991).
"Entrepreneurial Ventures in the Origin of Agricultural Towns in Nineteenth Century Illinois," Illinois Historical Journal 78, 1 (Spring 1983): 289-303.
"Legal Processes and Judicial Challenges: Black Land Ownership on the Western Illinois Frontier," Western Illinois Regional Studies 6, 2 (Fall 1983): 22-38. Reprinted, Paul Finkleman, ed., Race and Law Before Emancipation (Hamden, CT: Garland Publishers, 1991).
"Pioneer Slave Entrepreneurship on the Kentucky Pennyroyal Frontier," Journal of Negro History 68, 2 (Summer 1983): 289-308.
"Black Entrepreneurship: An Historical Inquiry," Essays in Economic and Business History, 1, (1983): 37-55.
"Occupational Distribution of Frontier Towns in Pike County: An 1850 Census Survey," Western Illinois Regional Studies 5, 2 (Fall 1982): 146-171.
"Free Frank's New Philadelphia: A Black Town Founder on the Illinois-Mississippi River Valley Frontier," in H.W. Blakely, ed., 10th Dakota History Conference (Madison, S.D.: Dakota State College, 1979): 88-105.
SCHOLARLY ESSAYS/COMMENTARIES/ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
“Harriet Tubman,” in Elliott Barkan, ed., Making it in America: A Biographical
Sourcebook of Eminent Ethnic Americans (Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2001).
“Booker T. Washington,” in Elliott Barkan, ed., Making it in America: A
Biographical Sourcebook of Eminent Ethnic Americans (Westport, CT:
Greenwood, 2001).
“William E. B. Du Bois,” in Elliott Barkan, ed., Making it in America: A
Biographical Sourcebook of Eminent Ethnic Americans (Westport, CT:
Greenwood, 2001).
“Mary McLeod Bethune in Elliott Barkan, ed., Making it in America: A Biographical
Sourcebook of Eminent Ethnic Americans (Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2001).
“Madam C. J. Walker,” in Elliott Barkan, ed., Making it in America: A Biographical
Sourcebook of Eminent Ethnic Americans (Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2001).
“John H. Johnson,” in Elliott Barkan, ed., Making it in America: A Biographical
Sourcebook of Eminent Ethnic Americans (Westport, CT: Greenwood,
forthcoming 2001)
“Martin Luther King, in Elliott Barkan, ed., Making it in America: A Biographical
Sourcebook of Eminent Ethnic Americans (Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2001).
“Oprah Winfrey,” in Elliott Barkan, ed., Making it in America: A Biographical
Sourcebook of Eminent Ethnic Americans (Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2001).
"Business and African Americans," in Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates, eds. Encarta Africana Encyclopedia, CD ROM (Seattle: Microsoft Corporation, 2000)
“Multicultural Education for the New Millennium: is it enough?” in Dialogues in
Diversity [Harvard University: Office of President], 12,1(Winter 2000), 7
”Automobile, Patterson Greenville,” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed. Encyclopedia of African
American Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999), 50
“Boyd,; Richard Henry,” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed. Encyclopedia of African American
Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999), 94-95.
“Catering, Inns, Hotels,” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed. Encyclopedia of African American
Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999), 128-34.
“Corporate America's Black Executives,” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed. Encyclopedia of
African American Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1999), 164-66.
“Craftsmen, Manufacturing, Construction,” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed. Encyclopedia of
African American Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1999), 160-74.
“Delany, Martin,” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed. Encyclopedia of African American
Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999),180-82.
“Extractive Industries Enterprises,” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed. Encyclopedia of African
American Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999), 219-25.
“Ford, Cornelius,” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed. Encyclopedia of African American
Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999), 239-40.
“Free Black Entrepreneurs,” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed. Encyclopedia of African
American Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999), 248-52.
“Freedman’s Bank,” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed. Encyclopedia of African American
Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999), 252-53.
“Fuller, S.B.,” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed. Encyclopedia of African American Business
History (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999), 253-54.
“Gaston, Arthur,” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed. Encyclopedia of African American
Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999), 271-73.
“Insurance Companies,” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed. Encyclopedia of African American
Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999), 295-99.
“International Trade Enterprises,” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed. Encyclopedia of African
American Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999), 300-317.
“Investment Banking,” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed. Encyclopedia of African American
Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999), 321-24.
“National Negro Business League,” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed. Encyclopedia of African
American Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999), 416-19.
“National Negro Convention Movement,” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed. Encyclopedia of
African American Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1999), 419-20.
“Payton, Philip A.,” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed. Encyclopedia of African American
Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999), 445-46.
“Rose Meta House of Beauty;” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed. Encyclopedia of African
American Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999), 473-74.
“Russell, Herman Jerome,” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed. Encyclopedia of African
American Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999), 478-79.
“Sims; Naomi Sims,” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed. Encyclopedia of African American
Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999), 483.
“Slave Drivers, Plantation Managers, Intrapreneurs,” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed.
Encyclopedia of African American Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood
Press, 1999). 483-85.
“Slave Entrepreneurs and Intrapreneurs,” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed. Encyclopedia of
African American Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1999), 485-88.
“Slaves Hiring Out Own Time,” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed. Encyclopedia of African
American Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999), 488-90.
“Slaveholders, Large Black,” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed. Encyclopedia of African
American Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999), 490-94.
“Slave Law Economic Constraints,” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed. Encyclopedia of African
American Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999), 495-97.
“Slave Revolts and Black Craftsmen,” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed. Encyclopedia of
African American Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1999), 499-501.
“Smith, Stephen,” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed. Encyclopedia of African American
Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999), 509-511.
“Stock Market Listings (Black-Controlled Publicly Trade Companies,” Juliet E.K.
Walker, ed. Encyclopedia of African American Business History (Westport, CT:
Greenwood Press, 1999), 540-43.
“Taxicab Enterprises,” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed. Encyclopedia of African American
Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999), 553-55.
“Taylor, Hobart T.,” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed. Encyclopedia of African American
Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999), 555-56.
“Transportation Enterprises,” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed. Encyclopedia of African
American Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999), 561-71.
“Underground Railroad and Black Business,” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed. Encyclopedia
of African American Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood,1999), 575-77.
“Women Business Activities, 1600s-1990,” Juliet E.K. Walker, ed. Encyclopedia of
African American Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1999), 597-612.
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"Banking," Jack Salzman, David Lionel Smith and Cornel West, eds., Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History, Vol. 1 (New York: Simon & Schuster Macmillan, 1996), 246-250.
"Entrepreneurs," Jack Salzman, David Lionel Smith and Cornel West, eds., Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and Hisory, Vol. 2, (New York: Simon & Schuster Macmillan, 1996), 896-908.
"Black Women Entrepreneurs in Antebellum America," Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia, eds., Darlene Clark Hine, Elsa Barkley Brown and rosalyn Terborg-Penn (Brooklyn: Carlson Publishing, 1993) 1: 394-397.
"Irene McCoy Gaines," in Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia, eds., Darlene Clark Hine, Elsa Barkley Brown and Rosalyn Terborg-Penn (Brooklyn: Carlson Publishing, 1993) 1: 476.
"Peace Activism and the African-American Women in the Twentieth Century," Legacy [Washington, D.C. Mary McLeod Bethune Museum Archives Newsletter] 4 (Spring 1993): 3.
"In Pursuit of the African-American Past in United States History," in History at Illinois (Fall 1992-Winter 1993): 11-12
"Slave Drivers," in Dictionary of Afro-American Slavery, Randall G. Miller and John David Smith, eds. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1988), 196-98.
"Slave Entrepreneurs," in Dictionary of Afro-American Slavery, Randall G. Miller
and John David Smith, eds. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1988), 220-22.
"Promoting Black Women Entrepreneurship: Creative Strategies in Business Participation and Welfare Reform in Black Women's Agenda Inc., Welfare Reform Projects (Washington, D.C.: 1988), 18-35.
"The Black Woman History PHD Generational Differences and the Crisis of Professionalism," OAH Newsletter 14, 4 (November 1986): 12-14.
"Black Business Enterprise Before the Civil War," Radcliffe Quarterly 72, 2 (June 1986): 27-28.
"Blacks in Corporate America," Essay Review of The Black Manager: Making It In The Corporate World by G. Floyd Dickens, Jr. and Jacqueline B. Dickens (New York: AMACOM, 1982) in the Wall Street Review of Books 12, 1 (Summer 1984): 214-220.
Book Reviews [incomplete listing]
Revolt Against Lynching: Jessie Daniel Ames and the Women's Campaign Against Lynching by Jacquelyn Dowd Hall (New York: Columbia University Press, 1979) in Crime and Justice: A Historical Review 1 (Spring 1980): 270-272.
A Black Odyssey: John Lewis Waller and the Promise of American Life by Randall Bennett Woods (Lawrence: The Regents Press of Kansas, 1981) in Journal of American History (June, 1982): 170-71.
Free Man of Color: The Autobiography of Willis Augustus Hodges with an introduction by Willard B. Gatewood, Jr. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1982) in Journal of Southern History, 49, 3 (August 1983): 467-68.
Gatekeepers of Black Culture: Black Owned Book Publishing in the United States, 1817-1981 by Donald Franklin Joyce (Westport CT: Greenwood Press, 1982) in Business History Review (1985): 301-302.
From Tennessee Slave to St. Louis Entrepreneur: The Autobiography of James Thomas. Edited with an introduction by Loren Schweninger, (Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1984) in Journal of Southern History 51, 3 (Aug. 1985): 442-43.
Ar'n't I A Woman?: Female Slaves in the Plantation South by Deborah Gray White (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1985) in Journal of American History (December, 1986).
Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow: Black Women, Work and the Family from Slavery to the Present by Jacqueline Jones (New York: Basic Books, Inc. Publisher, 1985) in Annals of Iowa 49, 1, 2 (Summer-Fall 1987): 116-119.
Black Property Owners in the South, 1790-1915 (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 by Loren Schwenineger in Journal of Southern History.(1992).
African American Reactions to War in Ethiopia 1936-1941 by Joseph E. Harris (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1994) in North Carolina Historical Review, 1996.
Black Entrepreneurs in America: Stories of Struggle and Success, Michael Woodward, Journal of American Ethnic History,
Robert C. Kenzer, Enterprising Southerners: Black Economic Success
in North Carolina, 1865-1915, Journal of American History
INVITED UNIVERSITY LECTURES
Purdue University, 1978, "Black Images of the Frontier."
University of Missouri at Kansas City, 1979, "Historical Reconstruction of the Antebellum Afro-American Family."
Texas A & M, 1979, "Black Participation in the Development of America's Antebellum Frontiers."
Eastern Illinois University, 1981, "Afro-Americans: Prospects and Perspectives for the 1980s."
Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government, 1981, "Equality: An Appropriate Goal for the Afro-American."
Eastern Illinois University, February 15, 1983, "Free Frank in the Liberation of Afro-American History."
Marycrest College, February 19, 1984, "Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement."
University of Chicago, May 25, 1984, "Black Faculty in Predominantly White Institutions."
Howard University, Lorraine J. Williams Scholarship Lecture Series, October 22, 1984, "The Rise of Black Entrepreneurship."
Committee on Institutional Cooperation (Big Ten and the University of Chicago) Minority Fellowship Conference Lecture, October 28, 1984, "The Historian As Humanist Scholar in An Age of Technology."
Earlham University, February 27, 1985, "Black Entrepreneurship in Antebellum America."
Radcliffe College, Bunting Institute, August 22, 1985, "Racism, Slavery and Free Enterprise: Antebellum Black Entrepreneurship."
Michigan State University, November 12, 1985, "Is There A Usable Past: Black Business in Historic Perspective."
Arizona State University, January 21, 1986, "Developing Black Business History as a Field in American Business History."
Eastern Illinois University, March 6, 1986, "Rethinking American WomenBusiness History: The Nineteenth Century."
University of Maryland at Baltimore, March 13, 1986, "The Development of Antebellum Black Entrepreneurship and Business Enterprise."
Lesley College, Cambridge, MA, March 10, 1987, "New Interpretations in Afro-American History."
Harvard University, DuBois Institute, April 22, 1987, "Capitalists; Antebellum Black Entrepreneurs and Free Enterprise."
Clark University, Worcester, MA, February 20, 1988, "Black Business in American History."
Marquette University RALPH METCALFE DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR Lecture, "Captive Capitalists: Antebellum Black Entrepreneurship." October 2-5, 1988.
University of Wisconsin at Madison School of Business, Association of Minority Business Students, Paper, "Black Entrepreneurship and Business Enterprise." March 2, 1989.
University of Georgia at Athens: "Black Women in the Peace Movement." April 24, 1989.
Clark College/Atlanta University: "Prejudices, Profits, Privileges: From Slavery to Freedom in the Reconstruction of Afro-American Business History." April 25, 1989.
University of Missouri at Columbia: Paper, "The Afro-American Woman Historian." "Black Women and Peace Activism," February, 1990.
University of Texas at Austin, "Herman Sweatt Symposium on Civil Rights: Community, Self-Help and Entrepreneurship: The Roots of Civil Rights." April 3, 1991.
Princeton University, Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies, Paper, "Black Business in the United States and South Africa," November, 1994.
University of Witwatersrand Institute of Advanced Research, "Capitalism, Free Enterprise and Black Entrepreneurship: A Comparative History of Black Business in the United States and South Africa," October, 1995.
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Economics History Workshop, "Recovering Abandoned Memories: African American Business Activity in WWII," March 1996.
University of Alabama, Black Business: A Reconsideration of the Declining Significance of Race, February,1997.
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Black History in Illinois, February, 1997
Duke University/North Carolina State Symposium Conference Honoring John Hope Franklin's From Slavery to Freedom, September, 1997
Florida International University, "The Commercial Culture in Precolonial Africa
as a Foundation for Diaspora African Business Activities," October, 1998
Tulane University, Amistad Research Center Conference, "Black Business in
Antebellum New Orleans," February, 1998
Northeastern University, Chicago, "The African American Entrepreneurial
Tradition," February 1998
University of Missouri at Columbia, “African American History From Slavery to
Freedom,” November, 1998.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Lecture "Black Business and the
Deconstruction of African American History," March, 1999.
North Carolina Central University Women's History Month Conference Panel,
"Black Woman and Business: Historians, Writers and Business Owners,"
March, 1999
Coppin State College, Lecture, "Reconstructing African American Business
History as a Path towards Economic Empowerment, April, 1999.
Vanderbilt University, “Black Business History in the Reconstruction of African American History,” December 1999.
University of Texas at El Paso, African American Studies Program, “The Golden
Age of Black Business, 1900-1930,” February, 2002
Texas Technical University, Rawls College of Business, “African American
Business: A Historical and Contemporary Perspective,” March, 2002
University of New Hampshire, Department of History, “Black Entrepreneurs in the
Schumpeterian Tradition of the Creative Capitalist,” March 2002
Texas Southern University, “War, Women, Song,: The Tectonics of Black Business
and Entrepreneurship, 1939-2001,” February, 2003
Prairie View University, “Double-Consciousness “ and Black Business in the
Economic Philosophy of W.E. B. Du Bois,” February, 2003
Texas Technical University, “Racial Capitalism and the 'Double-Consciousness'
of Black Business in the Economic Philosophy of W.E. B. Du Bois” March 27,
2003
PARTICIPATION IN SCHOLARLY CONFERENCES
NATIONAL PAPERS PRESENTED
North Dakota History Conference, Madison, South Dakota, Paper: "Free Frank's New Philadelphia: A Black Town Founder on the Illinois-Mississippi River Valley Frontier, 1830-1854." 1978
Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, Los Angeles, California, Paper: "Free Frank and the Development of New Philadelphia, Illinois, 1836-1885." 1978
Southern Historical Association, St. Louis, Paper: "Black Entrepreneurship on the Kentucky Pennyroyal Frontier, 1799-1828." 1978
American Society for Legal History, Philadelphia. Paper: "Free Blacks and the Use of the Law in Antebellum America." 1980
Illinois State Historical Society Symposium, Springfield, Illinois. Paper: "Afro-American Town Development In Antebellum Illinois." 1980
Western Illinois History Regional Conference, Jacksonville, Illinois, Paper: "Black Land Occupancy on the Western Illinois Frontier." 1982.
Business and Economic History Conference, Bradley University, Paper: "Black Entrepreneurship."1983.
Oral History Conference, Lexington, Kentucky. Paper: "Free Frank, Antebellum Black Pioneer Entrepreneur: The Corroboration of Oral Family History." 1984.
Black Women in the Middle West Conference, NEH Humanist Scholar Lectures: "Reconstructing Afro-American Women's History" at:
University of Illinois, Urbana, May 19, 1984.
Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Illinois, June 16, 1984.
Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, June 23, 1984.
Southern Illinois U., East St. Louis, Illinois, June 30, 1984.
Gary Public Library, Gary, Indiana, July 14, 1984.
St. Mary's College, South Bend, Indiana, July 21, 1984.
National Women's Studies Association Conference, Champaign, Paper: "Black Women Historians in the Liberation of Afro-American History." 1986.
National Feminist Legal Strategies Conference, Washington, D.C., Paper: "Racism, Feminism, Capitalism: The Contemporary Afro-American Woman in Historic Perspective."1986
Association of Black Women Historians, Houston, Paper: "Racism, Slavery, Free Enterprise: Antebellum Black Entrepreneurship." 1986
Knox College Sesquicentennial, 1837-1987 Conference, Galesburg, Paper: "Challenges for the Future in Higher Education: Knox College, A Legacy, A New Mission." 1987
Radcliffe College Bunting Institute Conference on Black Women and the Professions: Looking Toward the 21st Century. Cambridge. Paper: "Economics, Education and the Changing Labor Market Participation of Black Women in the Professions." 1987.
Franklin College Conference on Pathways to the Old Northwest, Franklin, Indiana. Paper: "Land, Law, Property and Blacks: Afro-American Nationalism and the Search for Freedom in the Old Northwest." 1987.
National Conference on Black Lawyers, Conference on The Constitution and Race: A Critical Perspective, Harvard University Law School. Paper: "Whither Liberty, Legality, or Equality: Blacks, Property, and Constitutionalism in Revolutionary War America." 1987.
Black Congressional Caucus/Black Women's Agenda, Inc. Workshop, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C., Paper: "History of Black Females in Business," 1987.
Bloomington-Normal/McLean County Historical Society Black History Project Conference, Bloomington, McLean County Historical Society Museum. Paper: "Preserving Our Heritage: Reconstruction of Illinois Black History." 1987.
Ohio Historical Center Conference on the Northwest Ordinance: A Framework for Statehood, Columbus, Paper: "Black Ohioans: The Search for Freedom, 1787-1861." 1987.
Stanford University, School of Business, Minority Council Conference, "The Creation of Black Wealth in America," Palo Alto, CA, Paper: "Prejudices, Profits, Privileges: From Slavery to Freedom in the Reconstruction of Black Business History." 1989.
University of Illinois at Urbana, School of Social Work, "Women and Peace: An International Conference," Urbana, IL. Paper: "Black Women and the Peace Movement." 1989.
Business and Economics History Conference, Charleston, SC, Paper: "Commentaries on 'Captive Capitalists': Antebellum Black Entrepreneurs." 1989.
Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History Discussant, "Black Press in Illinois" 1989.
Consortium on Peace Research, Education and Development Conference, Dayton, Ohio, "Structural Violence in the African-American Historical Experience." 1990.
Black History Symposium: Hidden History: Building Traditions that Endure, Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia, "Racism, Slavery, Free Enterprise: Black Entrepreneurship in Antebellum America." 1991.
Association for the Study of African-American Life and History, Kansas City, Missouri, Paper: "The Black Press in Chicago." 1992.
Harvard University Business School, Boston, Conference: "African-American Leadership: Visionaries Breaking Through Traditional Barriers," Paper presented: "Black Business in Historic Perspective." 1993.
Boston University, Institute for the Study of Economic Culture, Boston, Conference: "Economic and Cultural Change Among Inner City Blacks in the United States" 1993.
DuSable Museum of African-American History Conference: African-American History in Illinois, Chicago, Paper: "Black History in Antebellum Illinois: The Pioneer Experience in Land Settlement." 1993.
Illinois Women's Public Policy Conference: Everything to Gain: Women Seizing Power, University of Illinois, Urbana. Paper: "Race, Class, Gender: Economic Orthodoxy and the Rise of Global Multicultural Capitalism." 1993
Sojourner Truth Conference, Scripps College, Paper: "Black Women Historians,” January 1994.
Helen G. Edmonds New South Annual Lectures Series and Women's Conference, North Carolina Central University, Keynote Address: "Having Our Say: Black Women Historians, Scholars and Scholarship in the Forefront, March 1994.
American Historical Association, "Capitalism and Christianity: A Comparative Historical Paradigm in the Twentieth Century Black Business Tradition in the United States and South Africa," January 1996.
Association for the Study of African American Life and History, "Black Business and American-American History," October, 1998
Berkshire Conference Berkshire Conference on the History of Women," Black Women and Peace Activism," June, 1999
International Conference on Black Business in Africa and the United States, University of Texas at Arlington, November, 1999. Papers:
"Oprah Winfrey, The Tycoon: Contextualizing the Economics of Race, Class,
Gender in Black Business in Post-Civil Rights America"
"Neocolonialism in the African Diaspora?: Black American Business
Competition in South Africa, Luster Products, Inc (USA) V
Magic Style Sales,CC (SA) Case, 1990-1996"
W.E. B. Du Bois Race and the New Millenium: A Symposium Celebrating the
Centennial Anniversary of the Publication of The Souls of Black Folk, Mercer
University Conference, Paper: “Racial Capitalism in a Global Economy:
‘Double-Consciousness’ and Black Business in the Economic Philosophy
of W.E. B. Du Bois,” March 2000
Constructing Corporate America: Historical Perspectives on Big Business, Society,
and Politics, Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, Paper:
Paper: “White Corporate America: The New Arbiter on Race?” March 2001
Texas Technical University,19th Annual All University Conference on the Advancement of
Women in Higher Education, Panel and Paper on “Leadership, Equity and
Empowerment: Challenges Facing Women Faculty of Color,” March 28, 2003
COMMENTATOR/MODERATOR
Great Lakes History Conference, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1977 for Session: "Presidential Powers Under Eisenhower."
Organization of American Historians, Detroit, 1981 for Session: "20th Century Black Leaders."
Society of Historians of the Early American Republic, Nashville, Tennessee, 1982 for Session: "Blacks and the Church."
Southern Historical Association, Houston, Texas, 1985. Session: "Criminal Justice in the Old South."
Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Wellesley College, June 21, 1987. Session: "Black Women Entrepreneurs."
Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, Dayton, Ohio, October 6, 1989. Session: "The Black Press."
Association for the Study of African-American Life and History Conference, Chicago, Illinois, October 26, 1990. Session, "Racism, Slavery, Free Enterprise: Black Entrepreneurship in Antebellum America."
Association for the Study of African American Life and History Conference, Detroit. October 8, 1999. Session: "Segmented Markets, Divided Communities: Competition between African American in the Hair-Care Business,"
Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History Conference, Washington, DC September 29, 2000, Session: “The African American Economy in the 21st Session: A Survey of Economic Issues Confronting African Americans.”
Business History Conference, Miami March 9 ,2000, Moderator,
Moderator , Nigerian Conference, University of Texas, Panel, “Business
and Economics in Africa,” March, 2002
Symposium Panelist, Topic, “John Sibley Butler and American Business”
IC2, UTAustin, November, 2002
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES: Invited Conferences, Papers, Seminars
Canberra, Australia
Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, July 3, 1985, Canberra, Australia, "Comparative Assessments of Black-American History with Black Australian History."
Hong Kong:
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Seminar Participant in "Hong Kong and 1997: Politics, Culture and the Emergence of South China." Hong Kong, November 1993.
Canada:
Toronto, Canadian African Studies Association Conference: Urban and
Community Development in Africa, Paper: "Economies in Transformation:
Precolonial African Merchants, Traders and Entrepreneurs." 1993
Accra, Ghana West Africa.
National Council on Black Studies, 17th Annual and 1st International Conference: Uniting African World Scholars and Communities: Global Realities and Social Transformation. Accra, Ghana, August 1993.
Paper: "The African Foundation of the African-American Business Ethos, Culture and Tradition."
South Africa:
Durban United States Information Agency, Martin Luther King Peace Awards Conference Ceremony, Durban, South Africa, Paper: "The Relevance of Dr. King's Teachings on the Peace Process in South Africa," February 1995.
Johannesburg United States Information Agency, "South African Fulbright Students Preparation to the Colleges and Universities in the United States," June 1995.
Soweto The Bethel A.M.E. Church, "Black Americans in South Africa," May 1995.
Johannesburg Workers Library, Johannesburg, S.A., "The Black
Woman in America," June 1995.
Johannesburg South African Black Housewives Association Annual Conference: "An African American Views Higher Education for Blacks in South Africa," August 1995.
Johannesburg African American Institute, Johannesburg, S.A., "African American and South African Blacks Business
Development," November 1995
Pretoria Gauteng Province Education Conference-Seminar on
Research
CONFERENCE ORGANIZER:
Association of Black Women Historians, "Meeting the Challenge; Black Women Historians and History Makers," Chicago, IL, August 16, 1988.
"Forging Links: Business Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Development, African Americans and South African Blacks Perspectives, Processes, Prospects," University of Witwatersrand at The Wits Business School, South Africa, 19 October 1995.
“Federal Government and Black Business” Fall 2003
EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES
Filson Club Quarterly, Editorial Board, 1984-86.
Dollars and Sense, Consultant for article, "Black Women in Business," 1985.
University Press of Kentucky, Manuscript Reader, 1984.
Louisiana State University Press, Consultant for paperback publication of book on Black Abolitionists, 1986.
Indiana University Press, Assessment on significance of new book series, "Everywoman," 1986.
Wayne State University Press, Series General Editor, Black Archival Sources, 1988.
Harvard University, Business History Review, ad hoc editorial board article reviewer, 1988.
Cornell University Press, Consultant for paperback publication of book on Black History, 1988.
SAGE: A Scholarly Journal of Black Women Advisory Board of Editors, 1988; 1989; 1990.
Prentice-Hall Inc. Review of textbook in Afro-American History.
Great Lakes Plains Quarterly, article reviewer, 1989.
University Press of Kentucky, manuscript reviewer, 1991.
University Press of Kentucky for manuscript, Gender and the Withdrawal of Black Women From Field Labor, Alabama
Indiana University Press for manuscript: The History of the Chicago Metropolitan Mutual Assurance Company: An Example of Business as a Black Community Institution.
Wayne State University Press for manuscript: Platform for Change: The Foundations of the Northern Free Black Community.
Consulting Editor, Cobblestone [special issue] The Antislavery Movement 14, 2, (February 1993)
University of Arkansas Press for manuscript 1997
University of California Press, Mss reviewer, 1998
Ohio State University Press, Mss. reviewer, Black Business anthology, 1998
Collegiate Press, Editorial Board for A Turbulent Voyage: Readings in African American Studies, 1998-1999.
Journal of Negro History, reviewer, articles, 1998, 1999, 2000
Journal of Illinois State Historical Society, Editorial Board, 1998, 1999, 2000
Enterprise & Society: International Journal of Business History, review article, South African Women and Stokvels, 2000
University of North Carolina Press, MSS, Black Accounting History Review, 2000
Louisiana State University Press, MSS Review, Black Business Woman, 2000
Journal of Negro History, Board of Editors, 2000-
Longman Publishers, African American History Textbook Review, 2001
Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History Conference, Washington, DC September 29, 2000, Session: “The African American Economy in the 21st Session: A Survey of Economic Issues Confronting African Americans.”
Business History Conference, Miami March 9,2000, Moderator, Panel,
“Black Business History”
CONSULTANT, PROPOSAL REVIEW, TENURE/PROMOTION REVIEWS
Proposal Reviewer for National Endowment for the Humanities Division of Public Works, 1976-1977.
Proposal Reviewer for National Endowment for the Humanities Division of Public Programs, 1977-79.
Bell Laboratories, Management Training Program, 1978; 1979.
Consultant for Organization of American Historian's: "Quantitative Women's History: A First Conference, 1979."
Consultant for National Endowment for the Humanities South East Chicago Project, 1980-81.
Consultant for Illinois Endowment for the Humanities Newberry Library Program for State and Local History, 1981-82.
NEH Film Consultant and Script Reviewer on Black Workers in Chicago's Meatpacking Industry, WWI Era, September 1981-December 1982.
Radcliffe College Committee on Fellowship Selection for Bunting Institute Fellows for 1983-84, in November-December, 1982.
Newberry Library Proposal Reviewer for Fellowship Selection, Monticello College Foundation Fellowship for Women, March 1983
NEH Proposal Reviewer for Black Women in the Middle West: A Documentary Heritage Project, 1983
Illinois Humanities Council, Conference Evaluator, "If Not Now, When?" Sangamon State College, March 1, 2, 1984.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Proposal Reviewer, "Blacks in Nova Scotia: 1850-1950," December, 1985.
Boston University, Institute for the Study of Economic Culture, ISEC Project, "Rags to Riches: Entrepreneurship in the Black Community," Advisory Council, 1986-1987.
UNC Ventures [Minority Venture Capital Investment Firm], Consultant for Fifteenth Anniversary Report, 1986, section on history of black business and black entrepreneurs, June, 1986.
Radcliffe College, Proposal Reviewer for Bunting Institute Fellowship Applicants in History, November, 1986.
State University of New York at Buffalo, Scholarly Evaluation of candidate for director of the University of Buffalo new urban affairs and public policy program, March, 1987.
Radcliffe College Bunting Institute, Selection Committee for Berkshire 1987 Summer Fellowship, April, 1987.
Bloomington-Normal, Illinois Black History in McLean County Project, Consultant, 1988.
NEH Proposal Reviewer, Division of Preservation and Access, 1991.
University of Indiana at Bloomington, Scholarly Evaluation of Candidate for Tenure, 1991.
DuSable Museum of African-American History, Chicago, Illinois Endowment for the Humanities, Proposal for Illinois Black History Grant Awarded, 1992.
Field Museum of Natural History, "African Project," February, 1993.
Illinois State Library, Advisory Committee for African-American Resource Guide of Illinois and Brochure Project, 1993.
Chicago SUN-TIMES, on Illinois Black History Sites for publication: Illinois Generations: A Traveler's Guide to African-American Heritage.
Howard University, Scholarly Evaluation of Candidate for Tenure, 1993.
Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Editorial consultant for the 1998 ASALH Black History Month Resource Package on Black Business History, 1997.
Collegiate Press, Editorial Board for A Turbulent Voyage: Readings in African American Studies, 1998-1999.
Black Enterprise, Consultant for May 1998 issue article on International Business and Black Entrepreneurship, February, 1998
Consultant for Newsweek article on Black Economic Development and Black Business development: re: Magic Johnson, February, 1998
National Research Council, Proposal Reviewer, 1998
Maryland Humanities Conference Workshop, "Incorporating African American
Business History in the Black Experience for Teachers" September, 1998
University of Missouri at Columbia, Evaluation of Candidate for Full Professor,
1998
Rutgers University, Evaluation of Candidate for Tenure Promotion, 1999
Chicago Tribune, Consultant, Article on Illinois Black Underground Railroad, 1999
American Visions, magazine, Consultant, Article on Illinois Black Heritage, 1999
Fast Company, business magazine, 2000, Consultant for articles on:
Innovative Black Entrepreneurs for article on Innovative Entrepreneurs
Examples Business Travelers for article, How they reduce travel time
University of Richmond, Full Professor Promotion Review, 2000
Opportunity, Consultant, Article on Blacks and E-Commerce, 2000
Associated Press, Consultant, Article on Blacks and Investment, 2001
Oxford University Press, Book Review, 2002
Journal of African American History Editorial Review Board, 2002
The Blackwell Companion to African American History, Board of Advisors, 2002
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS ACTIVITIES
Committee on Institutional Cooperation, Fellowship Committee Representative for University of Illinois, 1978-82; 1982-86; 1987-89.
Southern Historical Association: Membership Committee, Illinois State Representative, 1979-80; 1980-81.
Advisory Board Member for Illinois Women's Agenda, Illinois Women's History Week, 1980 and 1981.
Association of Black Women Historians: Midwest Regional Director, 1985; 1986-1988; 1988-1990.
Convenor, Organizer and Director for Conference, Association of Black Women Historians, "Meeting the Challenge; Black Women Historians and History Makers," Chicago, IL, August 16, 1988.
Association of Black Women Historians. Committee Member to select recipients for the 1988 Letitia Woods Brown Prize (for the best publications, book and article, by a black women historian or in Afro-American Womens' history.) Fall, 1988.
Association of Black Women Historians: Publications Director for TRUTH, ABWH Newsletter, 1990-1993.
American Historical Association, Wesley-Logan Prize Committee, 1997-99
Initiator, Cofounder, and President, Association for Black Business and
Economic Studies (ABBES), 1998-
Business History Conference, Member, Board of Trustees, 2000-2003
Association of Black Women Historians, Chair, Brown Publication Prize
Committee, 2001 and 2002
Business History Conference (BHC), Representative for the BHC Electronic
Media Oversight Committee at the EH-NET meeting, 2000.
Association of Black Women Historians, Chair, Brown Publication Prize
Committee, 2001 and 2002
Business History Conference, EH-NET Representative, 2001-2002
PUBLIC SERVICE LECTURES
Chicago, IL Round-Table for African American History, 1976
Naperville, IL Bell Laboratories Black/White Feminists, 1977
Urbana, IL Champaign County Democratic Central Committee, 1977
Kansas City, MO St. Augustine's Episcopal Church, 1977
Chicago, IL DuSable Museum of African-American History, 1978
Rantoul, IL Chanute Air Force Base Black Heritage Program, 1978
Champaign, IL Links Organization, Inc., 1978
Champaign, IL Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, 1978
Chicago, IL DuSable Museum of African American History, 1981
Champaign, IL Order of the Eastern Star, Mar. 1982
Chicago, IL Operation PUSH, Aug. 1983
Chicago, IL Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Sept. 1983
Chicago, IL DuSable Museum of Afro-American History, Sept. 1983
Frankfort, KY Kentucky State Book Fair, Nov. 1983
Chicago, IL Gorham United Methodist Church, Feb. 1984
Chicago, IL National Association of University Women, Feb. 1984
Chicago, IL DuSable Museum of African American History, Judge Oratorical Contest, June 15, 1984
Chicago, IL Women in Literature National Association, Lecture, "The Woman Writer As Historian," February 23, 1985
Champaign, IL News Gazette, Judge, Black History Month Quiz, February, 1985.
Champaign, IL Urban League Panel, "Beyond Reagonomics: Economic
Implications for Afro-Americans" at Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority Midwest Regional Workshop, April 5, 1985
Urbana, IL Divest Now Coalition, Rally, "Historical Parallels Between Racism
in South Africa and the United States," October 11, 1985
Chicago, IL DuSable Museum of African-American History, Black Writers
Workshop, Panel, Nonfiction Writing, October 19, 1985.
Chicago, IL Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, Chicago Branch 15th Annual Dr. Carter G. Woodson Commemorative Brunch, February 7, 1987. Paper: "Free Frank: Illinois Pioneer, Entrepreneur and Town Founder."
Chicago, IL Harvard University MBA Club of Chicago, February 17, 1987. Paper: "Black Entrepreneurship: Historical Perspectives, Contemporary Implications.
Chicago, IL DuSable Museum of African American History, "Lecture: The Illinois Black Press From the Civil War to Civil Rights," April 1994
Urbana, IL Seventh Annual Women of Color Conference, "Pan-Africanism and the African Woman: Which Way for the Twenty-First Century?" 30 March 1996
Champaign, IL National Council of Negro Women, "African American Women's Business History," Champaign, IL, May 1996.
Rantoul, IL Rantoul High School, Lecture, “Black Slaves and Free in Antebellum America, February, 1997.
Champaign, IL Order of the Eastern Star, Speaker, “Black Fraternal Organizations and Community Economic Empowerment,” October, 1997
Champaign, IL Church of Christ, Speaker, Free Frank and New Philadelphia: Faith and Economic Empowerment, February 1998
Champaign, IL National Association of Colored Women's Champaign Branch
Annual Mother's Day Luncheon Speaker, May, 1998
Decatur, IL First Unitarian Church of Decatur, "Peace Activism,
Abolitionism, the Underground Railroad," November, 1998
Chicago, IL Latin School, speaker, "Free Frank and the Underground
Railroad," December, 1998
Champaign, IL National Conference of African American Men, Inc. and the
Champaign County Chamber of Commerce, Annual Evening
of Celebration and Recognition, Speaker "Black Business
Today and for the 21st Century," February, 1999
MEDIA, RADIO, TELEVISION, INTERNET
Austin, TX Voice of American Radio: In Black America, 1979
Austin, TX Black History Program NBC-TV, 1979
Champaign, IL NBC-TV, Channel 15 Black History Month - Commentaries, 1982
Chicago, IL WJPC, Aug. 1983 Topic Free Frank
Chicago, IL ABC "Today in Chicago," Television Program, Channel 7, Mar. 1984
Chicago, IL WGN "Issues Unlimited" TV Program, Channel 9, April 1984
Jacksonville, IL WLDS-AM Program, Interview "Black History in Illinois," February 25, 1985
Urbana, IL WILL-AM-FM TV, Program Focus 580, on "Black Entrepreneurs Then and Now," February 26, 1986
Champaign, IL WLDS Radio Program, Guest Interview Host for author of book on
Plantation Slave Women, March 4, 1986
Champaign, IL UIUC "Radio Newsletter" Program, Interview on Black Entrepreneurship, February, 1988.
Milwaukee, WI Two Radio Station Interviews on Black Business in America, October, 1988.
Champaign, IL Cable TV forum on Malcolm X: The Man, the Movie, December, 1992
Champaign, IL NBC Special News Feature on Blacks in the Military, February, 1993
Champaign, IL Illinois Public Radio on the Underground Railroad in Illinois, February, 1993
Champaign, IL TV Channel 3 News Features, Three Part Series Interview, Ghana: Its Business Tradition, Past and Present, September 1993
Champaign, IL Public Radio, Illinois Historic Sites and the Underground Railroad, September 1993
Chicago, IL Public Radio, Illinois Black History Before Civil War, September 1993
Chicago, IL WVON Radio, Black History Program, September 1993
Chicago, IL Radio, Chicago Chamber of Commerce Program Black Business History, October 1993
Johannesburg, S.A. Television Program on "Political Correctness," April, 1995
Champaign, IL WBCP Radio, Black Business, September, 1997
Champaign, Il TV Interview on Dr. Martin Luther King, January, 1998
Washington, D.C. University of Maryland video of Smithsonian Black History Program on Black Business, February, 1998
Champaign, Il WILL-TV [NPT} Program "Black Perspectives" Panel: "The
Mis-Education of America: Missing Black History,"
July, 1998
Baltimore/Washington DC WOLB-AM Talk Show Interview on History of Black
Business, August, 1998
Champaign, IL WBCU-FM "Black Business in America," October, 1998
World Wide Web NETNOIR Internet, Business Roundup Chat Site
October, 1998, Book, History of Black Business
February, 1999 “Black Business History”
North Chicago, IL Cable-TV “ The Career of a Historian,” 2000
North Chicago, IL Cable TV-Black History Forum, 2000
New York, NY National Urban League Press Conference State of Black America, 2000
Washington, D.C. National Press Club, National Urban League, Black America 2000
World Wide Web Africana Encarta, “Business and African Americans” at
World Wide Web National Urban League, RealPlayer, Live Streaming Broadcast
State of Black America 2000, Black Business Future
CBS News, radio New York Interview on Oprah Winfrey seminar, February 7,
2001
BBC Frank Henry Interview, Oprah Winfrey Seminar, February, 2001
FOX-TV News Chicago, David Navarro and Tamron Hall Interview, Oprah
February, 2001
Canada Radio Vancouver, MyCityRadio Interview, The Oprah Seminar
WNTRadio Rockford Oprah Winfrey course, Feb 2001
WGST640 Atlanta First News Tom Hughes Interview on Oprah Seminar
Chicago ABCTV News Teaching Oprah Winfrey, The Tycoon, 2001
NPRWILL580AM The Afternoon Magazine Interview “The Oprah Phenomenon”
April, 2001
CSPAN Comments on Larry King’s Oprah Winfrey Interview, September, 2001
Radio, Austin Host Hopeton Hays, “Black Business in America,” November,
2002
RADIOONE-XM Interview Black Business History September, 2002.
CSPAN Town Hall Meeting Panel, “The State of Entrepreneurship in Black
America,” Moderated by Tavis Smiley, (Reverend Al Sharpton was on the
panel and agreed with everything I said—don’t know whether that was
good or bad.” aired several times in June, July, August, 2002.
Austin Radio W.E. B. Du Bois and The Souls of Black Folk, February 2003,
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Milwaukee, WI Founder, Milwaukee Branch, Association for the Study of African-American Life and History, 1976.
Chicago, IL DuSable Museum of African-American History, Member.
Chicago, IL Southside Community Art Center, Member.
National National Association of University Women, Member.
Champaign-Urbana Champaign-Urbana Day Care Center, Board of Directors, 1977-79.
Champaign-Urbana University YWCA, Board of Directors, 1977-79; 1980-81.
National Historic Preservation Committee for the Establishment of a National Register of Historic Places Marker and Plaque Commemorating Free Frank [McWorter], Antebellum Afro-American Pioneer and Entrepreneur, founder and chairperson, 1986-
National Free Frank Historic Preservation Foundation, Inc., activities for the Reconstruction of New Philadelphia as a Historic Museum Village, 1989- Founder and Director
National Free Frank Grave Site National Register of Historic Places Ceremony, October 6, 1990
National History Makers, Advisory Committee, Project to Media Oral History Collection of 5000 Contemporary Prominent Blacks Nationwide for Internet and Media Libraries
National Museum of Black Entrepreneurial History, Committee Member
Cleveland, Race for Success, Inc. Board of Trustees member
Cleveland, Race for Success, Museum of Black Entrepreneurial
History, Planning Committee, Member
Chicago, National Black Exp 2003 Conference to Honor Black
CEOs Member, Selection Board and Advisory
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS at AUSTIN, FACULTY ACTIVITIES, 2001-2002
Teaching and Course Development
History 357c African American History to 1860, 2 sems.
History 357d African American History Since 1860 2 sems.
History 350 Oprah Race and Business in America 1 sems
History 365 Twentieth Century Black Intellectuals and Activists
History 387 Grad Seminar, “Antebellum Slavery”
TC 359T Plan II Thesis Advisor, “Race In America”
History Senior Honors Thesis, Advisor and Co-Examiner
Departmental Committees:
Senior Search Committee, 2002-03
Budget Committee, 2002-03
Chair, African American History Search Committee, 2002-03
Administration/Organization
Founder/Director Center for the Study of Black Business History
Entrepreneurship, Technology
Vice President, University of Texas Austin, African American Staff
Advocating Progress (AASAP), 2002-03
Founder/Editor, University of Texas Undergraduate Journal
In African American History
Website, University of Texas at Austin,
“Texas Black History”
“Center for Black Business
(both under continuous construction)
Student Organization Lectures, Seminars and Panel Participation
Symposium Organizer and Panel Discussion Leader, Topic “9/11 and African
Americans” October, 2001
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, University of Texas Undergrad Chapter,Panel
Speaker “Black Business in Texas,” March, 2002
Tehas Coffee, Undergrad Student Organization, Speaker Topic: “Free Frank,
Slave and Freeman, Entrepreneur and Town Founder,” October, 2002
UT Lectures, Seminars and Workshop Participation
Speaker, Center for African American and African Studies (CAAAS) Open
House for UT Student and Faculty Community, Speaker, “The Oprah
Winfrey Phenomenon” September, 2001
Moderator, Nigerian Conference, University of Texas, Panel, “Business
and Economics in Africa,” March, 2002
Symposium Panelist, Topic, “John Sibley Butler and American Business”
IC2, UTAustin, November, 2002
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FACULTY ACTIVITIES
. Teaching and Curriculum Development
Contributions to Course and Curriculum Development:
New Courses Approved LAS, 1980
History 271 History of Black Women in America
History 391 History of Blacks in Urban America
History 392 Topics in Afro-American Slavery and Freedom
Intersession Course 1980 University Wide Competitive Course
Proposal Winner Hist 298 Historic Explorations of Chicago's Ethnic Communities
Undergraduate Award for Development of Courses:
Race, Law, and the American Legal Process
African American Women’s History
Courses Taught to June, 1988, (on leave September 1982 to December 1983 and September 1986 to May 1987; September 1988-May 1989; August 1994-January 1996):
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
History 151 History of the United States to 1877 6 sems.
History 253 Afro-American History to 1877 20 sems.
History 254 Afro-American History Since 1877 20 sems.
History 271 History of Black Women in America 4 sems.
History 296 History of the Civil Rights Movement 1 sems.
History 296 Comparative Racism and Ethnocentrism 1 sem.
National and International
History 296 Race, Law, and the American Legal Process 1 sem.
History 296 History of Black Business in America 4 sems.
History 298 Social and Cultural History of Black Business 1 sem.
History 298 Black Land Settlement Pattern in Historic 1 sem.
History 298 Oprah: The Tycoon 1 sem
GRADUATE COURSES
History 391 History of Blacks in the American City 3 sems.
History 392 Free Blacks in the Age of Slavery 2sems.
History 453 History of Black Families and Communities 1sems.
History 487 History Antebellum American Slavery 20sems.
History 487 Black Intellectual History 4 sems
History 492 Readings on Afro-American History 10sems
History 496 Ind. Study, Topics in African American History 10sems
UIUC ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
College and University Committees:
LAS Committee on Admission, 1976-78
School of Humanities Course, and Curriculum Committee, 1978-79
Graduate College Fellowship Committee, 1981
Chancellor's Allerton Faculty Conference, March, 1982
LAS Equal Employment Opportunity Committee, 1984-1986
University Faculty Appeals Committee, member 1986-87;
Chairperson, 1987--1988
University Faculty Senate, member, 1987-1989
j CIC Minority Fellowship Committee, 1984; 1990
Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Women, 1990-1993
Illini Union Board, 1990-1993
Chancellor's Bookstore Committee, 1990-1993
Chancellor Committee on Teaching Excellence, 2000
Departmental Committees:
Committee on the Undergraduate Program, 1976-77
Committee on Teaching Improvement and Evaluation, 1977-78
Committee on Teaching Assistant Evaluation, 1977-78
Capricious Grading Committee, 1979-1980
Affirmative Action Officer, 1978-81; 1984-85; 1985-86; 87-88; 89-92; 92-93
Graduate Fellowship Committee, 1985-86
American History Search Committees, 1980-81; 1990-92
Library Committee, 1996-97
Undergraduate Course Committee, 1998
Undergraduate Student Committee Fall, 1998
Undergraduate Student Committee Fall, 1999
Library Committee, 1999-2000
African American History Search Committee, 2000
Academic Programs Committees:
Women's Studies Committee, 1977-79; 1984-85; 1985-86
Afro-American Studies and Research Program Advisory Committee, 1977-78; 1979-80
Unit One, Advisory Committee, 1989-1992
Afro-American Studies and Research Program, Tenure Review Committee, 1988-89
Afro -American Studies, Library Advisory Committee, 1989-
Afro-American Studies Faculty Affiliate, 1981-
African Studies Faculty Affiliate, 1992-
Women's Studies General Council, 1994, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000
III. UIUC PROGRAMS- Lectures, Seminars and Workshop Participation
Afro-American Studies and Research Program and Afro-American Cultural Center Program
Symposium: "Afro-American/African Relations: Myths and Realities," 1977
Panel: "Roots: Its Impact and Effects," 1978
Seminar: "The Black Experience: Research and Writing," 1980
Lecture: "Black History Month Celebration," 1981
Lecture: Afro-American Studies 298, "The Black Family," 1982
Lecture: Afro-American Studies 100, "Reconstructing Afro-American History," 1986
Lecture: Afro-American Studies 100, "The Black American Historical Past, 1988
Lecture: Afro-American Studies 100, "Reconstructing Afro-American History," Fall, 1989
Lecture: Faculty address at Black Congratulatory Ceremony, May 1990
Lecture: "Business and Entrepreneurship in the Black Experience," for "IF NOT NOW" Black Student Organization, Fall, 1990.
Lecture: "Afro-American Studies and Research Program "The Deconstruction of Black Business History." September 1992.
Panel: “The State of Black America and the Twenty-First Century,”
February, 1997
Panel: Organizer, Moderator, Presenter, Dr. Martin Luther King,
Black Business and the New Civil Rights Movement,î January, 1998.
Faculty Adviser/Participant Black History Month 2001 Activity
African Studies Program
African Curriculum Workshop: "The Black Family in Africa and America," 1980
Lecture Series: "Black Families in Transition," 1981
Women's Studies, Programs and Organization Activities
Office for Women's Resources, Panhellenic Council, University YWCA, Unit One, Lecture: "Afro-American Women 1977: An Historical Perspective," 1977
Feminist Scholarship Conference, Introduction and Moderator for Session: "Feminist Scholarship and the Disciplines: History," 1978
Lectures, Women's Studies Courses:
171 "Introduction to Women's Studies in the Humanities," 1979
171 "American Women in Change," 1980
171 "Black Women's History and Historians," 1984
370 "Afro-American Women, Feminist Thought and the Feminist Movement," 1990
National Organization of Women, UIUC Chapter
Lecture: "Generations of Protest and Self-Help: The Black Woman American History," 1982
Women's Studies Program for Women's History Week
Lecture: "Black Women Historians and Historiography," March 7, 1984
Introduction and Commentary: Black Women in the Nursing Profession, March, 1985
Introduction of speaker on Plantation Slave Women, March 4, 1986
Moderator: "The Supreme Court, Women and Minorities."
Lecture: Department of History Women's Caucus, "'Daughters of Africa, Awake, Arise, Distinguish Yourselves': Black Women Business Enterprises Before the Civil War," March 1996
School of Commerce
Strategies in Entrepreneurship Workshop Paper: "African American Entrepreneurship," Fall February, 2000
Black Student Campus Organization Activities
Sponsor: Afro-American History Club, 1976-1979
Speaker: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Undergraduate Chapter, Black History Month Celebration, February, 1980
Speaker: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Undergraduate Chapter, Black History Month Celebration, February, 1980
Lectures: UIUC Annual Black Women's Conferences
"An Assessment of the Status of Black Women," 1980
"An Overview of the History of Black Women," 1981
"Black Women in American History," April 24, 1984
Lecture: Black Graduate Student Association, Black History Month Program, "Rethinking the Afro-American Historical Past: Black Business in Historic Perspective," March 1, 1985
Lecture: Black Architectural Students Conference, "Black Urban History As A Basis for Redeveloping the American City in Century III," June 3, 1986
Speaker: UIUC Delta Sigma Theta Chapter and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Program, The Ritual on "Racial Issues of Importance to Minorities on Campus," September 19, 1989
Advisor: UIUC, NAACP Student Chapter, 1989
Faculty Address, Black Student Graduation Congratulatory Ceremony Program, May 12, 1990.
Lecture, Central Black Students Union, "African American History," Oct. 1991.
UIUC Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Lecture: "The Feminist Movement and the African-American Women," September 1992.
McNair Honor Students Program, Banquet Speaker, September 1993.
Alpha Kappa Alpha Undergraduate Chapter Speaker. Topic: "Black Women and Business," April, 1998
UIUC Black Congratulatory Graduation Program Participant, Faculty Awarding of Certificates for Black Undergraduates and Graduaate Students May 1998
Speaker, Iota Phi Theta,“Black Business and Multicultural Education,” 2000
Faculty Advisor, UIUC Graduate Student Black History Forum for 2001
Speaker, UIUC Black Graduate Student Association, “Economics,
Business and the Black Athlete), April, 2001
Speaker, UIUC Black Graduate Student Association, “
All University Student Activities
Lecture, "Black Military Participation and the Gulf Crisis," for the Committee Against War in Gulf, Fall, 1990.
Speaker: Freshman Summer Orientation Program, "Advice from UIUC Professors Rated As Excellent Teachers," June 17, 1986.
Keynote Address, Minority Student "Ritual" Program, "Succeeding As a Minority Student at the UIUC," September, 1989.
Pennsylvania Avenue Residence Hall Panel, "Race, Ethnicity and Gender Conflict in the University," October 1992.
Illinois General Assembly Special Committee Hearing at UIUC on Latin American Student Protest. Testimony support for Latin American and African-Americans Student Protesters, November 1992.
Latin American Students Forum, Speaker in Protest of Disciplinary Action Taken in Cases of Student Protest Activities, December 1992.
UIUC Office of Minority Affairs Program for Chicago High School Freshman and Sophomore Honor Student "Preparing for a Successful University Career While in High School: An Introduction to University Life," April 1993.
Unit One Faculty Advisory Committee, 1989-1992
Illini Union Board, Faculty Advisor,1990-1993,
Student Research Supervision
Undergraduate Research Paper Awards
Michael Scher Award, for student Susanna L. Vasquez for best undergraduate paper written for Independent Study Course, "Black Women's Organizations," AY 1992-1993.
SROP Research Paper Award, for student Anthony Andrews for one of top five papers out of field of several hundred CIC SROP students. Paper Topic: Chicago Black Business, 1992.
UIUC Best Senior Honor's Thesis, Peter Berger, on topic, "Childhood, White and Black in the Era of Antebellum Slavery" Academic Year, 1992-1993.
[1994 to 1996, I was away, first as a Research Fellow at the Princeton University Davis Center for historical Studies and then as a Senior Fulbright Professor in South Africa at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg]
UIUC African American Studies Program Research Paper Competition, Student paper, "Mound Bayou," Quincy Mills, Second prize., 1997
Association for the Study of African American Life and History National Undergraduate Research Paper Competition, student research paper by Quincy Mills won first prize and $500.00 scholarship, October, 1997. Paper to be published in the Journal of Negro History. Student now at University of Chicago, PhD Program, History Department.
American Research Education Association Undergraduate Paper Award, John Cater for SROP Research Paper on "The Black Press," 1997.
UIUC Environmental Council Undergraduate Research Award, Director for Undergraduate Students. Competitive Proposals Director and Professor in Independent Study Course, Environmental Racism,. The two students below were designated Environmental Research Scholars.
"The Environmental Movement and Environmental Justice: Chicago's Altgeld Gardens: A Case Study of Environmental Toxins in a Low-Income Minority Community," Oluwatoyin Caldwell, funded, $2,600, 1998-1999. Presently, DD program, University of Chicago, School of Divinity
"Environmental Racism/Justice: The Correlation Between Cockroach Allergens and Asthma in Minority and Low-Income Populations," Regina Coleman, funded, $2,500. 1998-1999. Student plans to enter Medical School, Fall 2000
SROP Faculty Advisor, Research Topic Paper "Black Athletes, Entrepreneurship and
Enterprises," Olabsisi Olivia Martin, Summer, 1999.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Masters Program
M.A. Thesis Adviser:
Clause Meyers (German International Student) M.A. 1992, "Slave Narratives and Paternalism." Presently working on doctoral dissertation, Bochum, Germany and in Italy.
.M.A. External Thesis Adviser
Goddard College, for Glennette Tilly Turner, M.A. History and Juvenile Literature, 1982. Thesis Underground Railroad. In Public History. National Park Service Underground Railroad Advisory Committee and Illinois Humanities Council. Author, Juvenile books on the Underground Railroad and Biographies of Black Historical figures. Professor,Department of Education, National Louis University.
Doctoral Program
Ph.D Dissertation Adviser
Sundiata Cha Jua, Ph.D. 1993, Associate Professor, African American history, Southern Illinois at Edwardsville, Book, America’s First Black Town: Brooklyn, Illinois, 1830-1915 (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2000)
Clarence Lang, ABD 2000, topic, "Black Class Formation and Urban Social Movements in St. Louis, MO,"
Minkah Mukani ABD, 2001, topic, "African Blood Brotherhood: Black Radicalisms and the New Negro Movement,”
Doctoral Committee Member/Prelim Examiner/ Dissertation Proposal Hearings.
Shannon M. Cormier, PhD candidate, University of Texas at Austin
Stephen Ward, PhD, 2002 University of Texas at Austin
Kelly Mendiola, PhD, 2002 University of Texas at Austin
Yvette Abrahams, University of Capetown, South Africa, PhD dissertation reader,
“Colonialism, Dysfunction and Dysjuncture: The Historiography of Sarah
Bartman [The Hottentot Venus],” 2001
Joy Williams, Major Field, African History; Subfield ,African American Women’s Activism and history, Prelim Examiner, forthcoming 2002.
David Krugler, PhD 1997, American Diplomatic History, Subfield and Research Assistant in African American history and Encyclopedia of African American Business History. Assistant Professor,American History, University of Wisconsin, Plattsfield; also developed/teaches African American history course.
Joy Williamson, PhD, 1997, School of Education, Educational Policy Studies, Examiner prelim sub-field, Civil Rights Movement, 1994. Assistant Professor, School of Education, Washington University; Stanford University Post-Doc
E. Taylor Atkins, PhD, 1997, Japanese History. Examiner, prelim subfield African-American history, 1994, and diss proposal hearing committee on
Jazz in Japan. Presently, Assistant Professor, Japanese History, Department, Northern Illinois University.
Eric Burin, Prelim examiner in African American history, 1994. Dissertation proposal hearing committee advisor, 1995, on American Colonization Society.
Sundiata Djata, PhD African history, 1994. Examiner, prelim minor field in African American history. Appointment at Northern Illinois University is in African American history, also publishes in African American history.
Peter Botticelli, PhD British History, 1994. Examiner, prelim sub-field, American Business history, Post-doctoral Fellowship Harvard Business School.
Eric Pullin, Prelim examine, American History, 1992, PhD student, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2001
Arna Alexander Bontemps, PhD, 1989, African-American History. Dissertation Committee. Topic, African American culture in Colonial North Carolina. Presently Assistant Professor, Dartmouth, Department of History.
Sara Washington, PhD, 1982, School of Education and English Department, Dissertation committee member, topic “African-American Women Biographies and Autobiographies,” presently Professor, HBCU
International Travel and Research:
Research Topic: Precolonial Africa and the TransAtlantic Slave Trade:
Senegal and Gambia, 1979
Research Topic: Comparative Racism and Ethnocentrism:
Australia, 1994
New Zealand, 1984
Tahiti, 1984
England, France, Belgium, Netherlands and West Germany, 1987
Canada, 1992, 1997
Research Topics:
Comparative International Business Cultures;
Global Economy and Blacks
Transnational Economic Flows of African American Popular Culture
Through Television, Music, and Sports Industries
African American Neocolonialism
Ghana, African Business: Accra, Ghana, 1993; Diaspora Commercial Cultures
Hong Kong November 20-28, 1993; Comparative Decolonization and Business
Activity in Hong Kong With Apartheid’s End in South Africa
South Africa, 1995-1996, Comparative Black Business, USA and SA History
Post-Apartheid Black Business, SA, African-American
Neocolonialism
Johannesburg
Soweto,
Durban
Capetown
Pretoria
University of Zululand
Pietermaritzburg
This CV does not include the listing of more than 80 newspaper and magazine articles and radio and TV phone interviews, both National and International and TV tapings related to the Oprah Winfrey Seminar..
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