Finding the Jobs

Feeling discouraged and in need of inspiration as you launch your new business?

Consider the lives of forty 18th and 19th century black entrepreneurs who beat the odds and operated successful businesses despite incredible obstacles.

These entrepreneurs, like hair salon owner Christiana Carteaux Bannister, (pictured in inset) are the focus of a recent exhibit entitled, Black Entrepreneurs of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. The exhibit, developed through a partnership between the Museum of African American History, Boston and Nantucket and the Federal Reserve of Boston, features black business people who “seized opportunities to create enterprises and to participate in the commercial life of [America].”

To hear today’s interview, click on the BlogTalkRadio media player in the upper right corner of this page.

Let me know what you think.  Did their stories inspire you?