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| Author: | Hammond, T. Streeter, D. W. |
| Title: | Overcoming barriers: early African-American certified public accountants. |
| Journal: | Accounting, Organizations and Society
1994 : APR, VOL. 19:3, p. 271-288 |
| Index terms: | ACCOUNTANTS EQUALITY PUBLIC ACCOUNTING COLOURED PEOPLE USA |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This study challenges the notion that public accounting firms in the United States have provided equality of opportunity. Utilizing theories of racism and recognizing the importance of highlighting hidden histories, it examines the early history of African Americans in public accounting. Through examinations of the literature and interviews with several of the first African Americans to obtain the CPA, this paper demonstrates that African Americans were actively excluded from full participation in the field for most of this century. |
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