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• American Demographics: Check out articles on marketing and business issues.
• Characteristics of Business Owners, Census Bureau (1/29/96).
• African-Americans in Business. A bibliography.
• The Black Business Journal. An on-line news source emphasizing black enterprise.
• African-American Pioneers in the Corporate Sector,by James Avery. The Black Collegian
• The Madam Walker Homepage. Information and links about the founder of a hair care industry.
• Black Enterprise Magazine. The premier source for articles on this topic.

Here are the business links currently available:

• Diversity Business.com. A site for small business suppliers and venders.
• Minority Business Network. An investment  guides and articles on black owned enterprises.
• Essence Communications.Homepage for the magazine publication and entertainment firm.
• Johnson Publishing Company, Inc. Hompeage for the publishing company.
• Uniworld Group Inc. Link to Hoover's Handbook capsule on the advertising firm.
• Beatrice TLC. Now privately held by Richard Lewis's heirs, this food company with operations in Europe was the largest black owned firm. The firm is now being liquidated. To read more, check out this article from  LookSmart.
• The BE 100 Listing from Black Enterprise Magazine.

Links for Information on Black Owned Businesses

• Universal Black Pages. A comprehensive site created by black graduate students at Georgia Institute of Technology (though not affiliated with the university) - listings of numerous professional, business, and social organizations.
• Blackenterprise.com. Advertises as the "Virtual Desktop for African-Americans", but this is a site with links to investing and business information. Associated with BE magazine.
• The Black Pages USA. This site publicizes that it is the largest on-line directory for black owned business. The listings are searchable by city (including a good listing for Hampton Roads). Site also has an Events Calendar and links to social organizations.
• Black Quest - The Griot. This is a new site with business, magazine, and art links. Some local business links to New York area.
• BlackSeek. Advertises as "the source for black content on the Internet." This site provides limited information about black retailers in a few areas.
• The Coalition of Black Investors. COBI is dedicated to developing financial literacy, providing investment strategies, and creating capital for black owned venture through the Ujamma Exchange.
• Black Entreprise Magazine. The BE100 is the best source of information about larger black owned businesses -- now download listings for free from BE and visit BE's Exchange (a directory of black owned businesses).
• African American Web Ring. A large source of links to businesses and diverse other interests now called "Soul Search.".
• mbnGlobal.com. Minority Business Network Global is a online mag covering African-American and Hispanic-American business issues.
• Floyd Ingram's Den. Comprehensive business and accounting links, plus others. (Updated)
• LookSmart's Listing of Black Business Directories. This is a search engine site with a fairly comprehensive listing.