With the question of black entrepreneurship in mind, the business district urged Ms. Rivers to step forward after the old owner became gravely ill last summer.

Marie Thérèse dite Coincoin, who has become an icon of black female entrepreneurship in colonial Louisiana.

Smith serves as a trustee on a number of boards, and has been a strong advocate for black entrepreneurship.

A rare occurrence in antebellum Virginia, Madden's Tavern once functioned as a prime example of black entrepreneurship.

In an interview this week, Mr. Dunn said his comments were meant to inspire black entrepreneurship, not to denigrate Hispanics.

Mr. Fuller, preaching a gospel of black entrepreneurship, said some embarrassing things about the condition of blacks and what was necessary to change it.

Some, like Mr. Jackson, see his effort as a test case of whether Wall Street will do more than pay lip service to the cause of black entrepreneurship.

The story of the Paschal brothers is, in many ways, the story of black entrepreneurship in the second half of the 20th century.

"What is special about A.T.S. is that it provides a model of black entrepreneurship," he said.

There's the story of black entrepreneurship, for example.