The History of Black Business in the United States

I​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​n a 1,500-2,000-word written essay, please answer the question “Why Study African American Business History?” This is based off of a few readings that are listed below. Chatelain, Marcia. Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America. New York: Liveright, 2020. Freeman, Tyrone. Madam C. J. Walker’s Gospel of Giving: Black Women’s Phil​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​anthropy During Jim Crow. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2020. Garrett-Scott, Shennette. Banking on Freedom: Black Women in U.S. Finance Before the New Deal. New York: Columbia University Press, 2019. Winford, Brandon K. John Hervey Wheeler, Black Banking, and the Economic Struggle for Civil Rights. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, ​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​2020.