Freedom Enterprise, xiv (Lewis Business College (LBC))

Identifier: DBB-ITM-02619
Source: Kendra D. Boyd, Freedom Enterprise: Black Entrepreneurship and Racial Capitalism in Detroit (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2025). Pages: xiv.
Source Type: Boyd Research Findings
Activity: colleges and institutes
Principal: Lewis Business College
Mentions: Lewis, Violet T.
Transcript: Lewis Business College (LBC). Founded in 1939 by Violet T.
Lewis, LBC was the largest and most successful of Detroit’s Black
business schools. Located at 5450 John R Street, the school
originally educated women and became coeducational when
World War II veterans wanted to take advantage of the GI Bill.
Title: Freedom Enterprise, xiv (Lewis Business College (LBC))

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