A White-Collar Profession: African American Certified Public Accountants since 1921
Editorial Reviews
Review
[Hammond's] research will help readers realize that a more diverse profession is in both their ethical and their economic interests, resulting--we can hope--in a happier tale about the twenty-first century. (Robert K. Elliott, past chairman of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants)
A thoroughly engaging and well-researched chronicling of the African American experience in one of the nation's most important and prominent professions. Hammond has broken new ground in the study of race and business. (David A. Thomas, author of Breaking Through: The Making of Minority Executives in Corporate America)
Not only a brilliant and poignant history of one significant profession; it speaks volumes about the larger struggle African Americans have waged since the early 1900s to secure their place in the American mainstream. (Lee A. Daniels, editor of The State of Black America)
Book Description
Among the major professions, certified public accountancy has the most severe underrepresentation of African Americans: less than one percent of CPAs are black. Theresa Hammond explores the history behind this statistic and chronicles the courage and determination of African Americans who sought to enter the field. In the process, she expands our understanding of the links between race, education, and economics.
Drawing on interviews with pioneering black CPAs, among other sources, Hammond sets the stories of black CPAs against the backdrop of the rise of accountancy as a profession, the particular challenges that African Americans trying to enter the field faced, and the strategies that enabled some blacks to become CPAs. Prior to the 1960s, few white-owned accounting firms employed African Americans. Only through nationwide networks established by the first black CPAs did more African Americans gain the requisite professional experience. The civil rights era saw some progress in integrating the field, and black colleges responded by expanding their programs in business and accounting. In the 1980s, however, the backlash against affirmative action heralded the decline of African American participation in accountancy and paved the way for the astonishing lack of diversity that characterizes the field today.
A White-Collar Profession: African American Certified Public Accountants since 1921
A White-Collar Profession: African American Certified Public Accountants since 1921,Theresa A. Hammond,The University of North Carolina Press,0807853771,20th century,Accounting,Accounting - General,African American accountants,Biography,Business/Economics,Careers - General,Ethnic Issues,Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General,History,Labor & Industrial Relations - General,Social Science,United States,Black studies,Social Science / African-American Studies,USA
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