A white collar profession African American certified public accountants since 1921 Theresa A. Hammond.
Detalles de publicación: Chapel Hill, N.C. L The University of North Carolina Press 2002.Descripción: xii, [2], 216 p. ill. 24 cmISBN:- 0807853771 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Among the major professions, certified public accountancy has the most severe underrepresentation of African Americans: less than 1 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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Illustrations, Figures, and Table
- Acknowledgments(p. xi)
- A White-Collar Profession(p. 0)
- 1 The Whitest Profession(p. 1)
- 2 The Firsters(p. 8)
- 3 The Black Metropolis(p. 28)
- 4 Postwar Cpas: Overcoming Barriers(p. 45)
- 5 The 1960s: Decade of Change(p. 67)
- 6 Accounting Programs at Black Colleges(p. 95)
- 7 The Momentum is Lost(p. 114)
- 8 Entering a New Century(p. 136)
- Appendix: The First 100 African American Cpas(p. 147)
- Notes(p. 151)
- Bibliography(p. 189)
- Index(p. 203)