From 1900 to 1930, many Black business communities in the United States thrived, including right here in Atlanta.
Dr. Leon Prieto, a professor of management at Clayton State University and director of the university’s Center for Social Innovation & Sustainable Entrepreneurship, refers to this as the “Golden Age” of black business.
He and colleague Dr. Simone Phipps say this success was built on a cooperative economic mindset rooted in traditional African ideology.
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