BULK RATE U.S.
POSTAGE PAID
Benton Harbor
Michigan 49022
Permit No. 50
Corr.Req'd
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WA HINGTO - The numb r
of Blac -0 ned bu ine e in­
ere ed by more than 10J,OOO--
47 percent=be een 1977 and
1982, according to the Com­
merce Department' Censu
Bureau.
The fir t report from the
19 2 Sun y of onority-
o ned Bu ine Enterpri e
ho a total of 339 239 Black-
owned busine , up from 231,
203 in 1977.
Gro r c ip for Blac
firms ro e from .6 billion in
1977 to"12A billion in 19 .
dy half had receipts under
'5,000 while 1,129 companies
had receip of, 1 million of
more.
Service industri and retail
trade busine es comprised 68
percen t of Blac firms and 59
percent of their gro receipts.
Categorie accountin for
the larg t dollar volume of re­
ceipts for Black bu ine
automotive dealer and
tations ('1.3 billion); m
cellaneous retail ('993 million);
food tore (. 3 million); eat­
ing and drinking place ('675
million); and health rvice
('595 million).
Sole proprietor hip c-
counted for 95 percent of Black
firms 3 p rcent ere partner­
hip, and 2 percent ere cor­
poration .
About 10 percent or 38,631
firm h dpaidemploy e ,about
two-thirds of hich employed
one to four persons.
D t in the re rt co r
numb r of firm, ro receip ,
number of paid employee , and
annual payroll. The e data r
pre ented by geo raphic area
(the n tion, tate , elected met­
ropolitan are ,countrie, and
citie ), industry, iz offirm, and
legal form of organizaion of
firm.
Separate report on busi­
ne es 0 n d by omen and by
per ons of Spani h ori in, and a
combination report on A ian
American , Americ n Indians,
and other minioriti , ill b
. ued in 19 6.
Madison to keynote
Musk. NAACP Banquet
us e on Branch of
the ation 1 A iation for
the Ad ancement of Colored
People .A.A.C.P.) ill have
. their Annu 1 Dinner on Oct­
ober 19, 19 5 at 6:30 p.m. at
the L.C. al er Arena Con­
vention Hall.
Speaker ill be Joseph E.
adison, Director Voter Edu­
cation Department ational
AACP, announced Branch
president Bill Gill. In addition
to his r ponsibiHties at the
NAACP, adison is alao a pro-
ocative ews/Talk Ho t ith
his own four-hour weekend
radio program. He appeared
on Good oming America,
ABC e s ightline, Tony
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