http://www.syndicatemizzou.org Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:05:56 GMT en-us 40 Center for eResearch Connecting you with the University of Missouri’s innovative research and creative activity http://www.syndicatemizzou.org/images/logo.png 384 80 http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/weems/ipod/Weems1.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/weems/ipod/Weems1.m4v Robert Weems’ current research project, with colleague Lewis Randolph, looks at the history of U.S. government interest in black business development with a special focus on Richard Nixon’s “Black Capitalism” initiative. 3 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 17:34:36 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/weems/ipod/Weems2.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/weems/ipod/Weems2.m4v What began as a one-book project, with Lewis Randolph, has turned into a two-volume work. The first looks at the 1920s Division of Negro Affairs up to the Nixon administration, while the second poses the question, “Whatever happened to black capitalism?” and looks at the Ford administration. 3 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 17:36:35 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/weems/ipod/Weems3.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/weems/ipod/Weems3.m4v Crucial to any historian is the preexisting secondary literature. Weems draws upon this kind of information to establish the framework and general parameters of his own research. 3 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 17:37:36 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/weems/ipod/Weems8.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/weems/ipod/Weems8.m4v Examining the Nixon administration’s role in the unprecedented national discussion about black economic development in the 1960s reminds us of the continued relevance of such economic policies and discussions in America today. “In America— whether it’s right or wrong—it all comes down to money and economics,” Weems observes. 3 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 17:47:05 GMT