National Negro Business League
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The National Negro Business League was an early 20th-century African American organization dedicated to promoting Black entrepreneurship, economic self-help, and business development across the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| National Negro Business League canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American organization
ⓘ
business organization ⓘ historical organization ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolvedOrTransformedInto | National Business League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupServed | African Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
African American civil society
ⓘ
business ⓘ economic development ⓘ |
| foundedAtEvent | National Negro Business League first annual meeting ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Booker T. Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
advocating for access to capital for Black businesses
ⓘ
collecting and sharing business information ⓘ establishing local chapters ⓘ networking among African American entrepreneurs ⓘ organizing annual conventions ⓘ supporting Black-owned businesses ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod | Jim Crow era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Black business leagues in the mid-20th century
ⓘ
later African American chambers of commerce ⓘ |
| hasObjective | to create a national network of Black businesspeople ⓘ |
| hasPart |
local business leagues
ⓘ
state business leagues ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| ideology |
Booker T. Washington’s philosophy of economic self-help
ⓘ
racial uplift through business ownership ⓘ |
| inception | 1900 ⓘ |
| inceptionPlace | Boston, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| motto | To promote the commercial and financial development of the Negro ⓘ |
| movement |
African American business movement
ⓘ
Black self-help movement ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Negro business interests ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Alonzo Herndon
NERFINISHED
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John Merrick NERFINISHED ⓘ Madam C. J. Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ Maggie L. Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert R. Church Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy | segregationist economic policies ⓘ |
| publication |
business directories of Black-owned enterprises
ⓘ
reports of annual conventions ⓘ |
| purpose |
business development among African Americans
ⓘ
economic self-help for African Americans ⓘ promotion of Black entrepreneurship ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
first national convention in Boston in 1900
ⓘ
leadership transition after Booker T. Washington’s death in 1915 ⓘ rapid expansion of local chapters in the early 20th century ⓘ |
| supportedBy | Tuskegee Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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