Black Business in the New South : A Social History of the NC Mutual Life Insurance Company /

At the turn of the century, the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company became the ""world's largest Negro business."" Located in Durham, North Carolina, which was known as the ""Black Wall Street of America, "" this business came to symbolize the id...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weare, Walter B. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 1993.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Insurance > Life.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Evolution of Uplift
  • The Company with a Soul and a Service
  • Survival and Success
  • Expansion and Retreat
  • That good ol' Mutual Spirit
  • The Second Survival
  • The Company and the Community: The Burden of Race
  • The Company and the Community: Politics and Race Relations
  • Epilogue: The Dividends of War.

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