101 Real Money Questions: The African American Financial Question and Answer Book

208 Pages·2003·0.61 MB·English

by  Jesse B. Brown

101
Real Money Questions
The African American
Financial Question and
Answer Book
J B. B
ESSE ROWN
An Amber Book
John Wiley & Sons,Inc.
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101
Real Money Questions
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101
Real Money Questions
The African American
Financial Question and
Answer Book
J B. B
ESSE ROWN
An Amber Book
John Wiley & Sons,Inc.
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Copyright © 2003 by Jesse B.Brown,H.D.B.F.All rights reserved
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Brown,Jesse B.
101 real money questions :the African American financial question and answer
book / Jesse B.Brown.
p. cm.
“An Amber book.”
Includes index.
ISBN 0-471-20674-1 (pbk.)
1.African Americans—Finance,Personal—Examinations,questions,etc. 2.Finance,
Personal—Examinations,questions,etc. 3.Investments—Examinations,questions,etc.
I.Title:One hundred one real money questions. II Title.
HG179 .B74645 2003
332.024'0396073—dc21 2002014418
Printed in the United States of America
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To my wife, Delores, who inspires,
and my daughter, Khalilah,
who validates all that I do
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Acknowledgments
I’d like to thank especially Carole Hall, editor in chief, African
American Books,John Wiley & Sons,Inc.;Tony Rose,publisher and
CEO, Amber Books Publishing;Yvonne Rose,senior editor, Amber
Books Publishing;Lynette McMillon,the Tushe Group,my publicist,
for her diligence and dedication to this project;Jan Miller,my liter-
ary agent;Tavis Smiley of the Tavis Smiley Foundation;and Denise
Pines of the Tavis Smiley Foundation.
I have not attempted to cite in the text all the authorities and
sources consulted in the preparation of this book.The list would
include departments of the federal government,libraries,industrial
institutions, periodicals, and many individuals. Scores of people
have contributed information,illustrations,and inspirations toward
the publishing of 101 Real Money Questions: The African
American Financial Question and Answer Book.
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