Historically black colleges and universities and the black business elite

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 545-560

  Boyd, Robert L ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black entrepreneurs; Eminent black Americans; Higher education; Historical trends in black socioeconomic achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249041584     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: 15338673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sop.2007.50.4.545     Document Type: Article

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