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and on its role in focusing on the upliftment of black business people. The exclusion of Black businesses from the mainstream organized business formations forced many of them to join Bantustan ...

Black businesses ... This included people such as Willis Eugene Smith, who established a funeral home, and Berry Gordy Sr., who operated a grocery store and contracting business in the city.