Book One. Negro Business: Part I: The Background: The Evolution of Negro Business. Part II: The Present: Enterprises - An Overall View. Personnel - An Overall View. Life Insurance Companies. Banking and Lending Institutions. Consumer Cooperatives. Part III: The Future: Problems of Business Operation. A Business Philosophy. Book Two. Business Education in Negro Colleges and Universities: Evolution of Business Education. Among Negroes. Present Status of Business Education among Negroes. Needs and Problems of Business Education among Negroes. Appendixes. Index.

A reprint of the classic volume originally published by Harper & Brothers in 1947, this scholary work provides important insights for understanding contemporary issues in African-American business and business education as well as in the rebuilding of American communities today.