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The history of black entrepreneurship in this country can be traced to a time before there was an America. Many of the accomplishments of blacks in this country have gone unnoticed by students both black and white. However, the impact of black business enterprise on this country is as strong as the domination of the hip-hop popular culture by black musicians, a few of whom are entrepreneurs themselves.

To see how blacks became entrepreneurs, we must first learn what an entrepreneur is and what factors led people to pursue entrepreneurship as a career.

"Our nettlesome task is to discover how to organize our strength into compelling power."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

The dictionary defines an entrepreneur as one who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk in a business venture in expectation of making a profit.

Farming Outside the United States

On Europe, Africa, and Asia, agriculture, or farming the land, was the main occupation for most people for thousands of years. Before useful tools were invented, farming the land was a long and slow process. People spent many hours in the fields every day to produce just enough food for-their families. If a family didn't own the land, they had to pay...

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