Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice

First published in 2014, Jessica Gordon Nembhard’s Collective Courage quickly became an important tool for understanding the history of cooperative economic enterprises in the African American community. This now—classic work recounts how African Americans benefited greatly from cooperative ownership and democratic economic participation throughout the nation’s history.

Many of the players in this story are well known—among them W. E. B. Du Bois; A. Philip Randolph and the Ladies’ Auxiliary ...