Robert E. Weems Jr.
Volunteer History CommentatorRobert E. Weems Jr. is the Willard W. Garvey Distinguished Professor of Business History at Wichita State University.
His research specialty is African American business and economic history.
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Politics, similar to law, is influenced by the principle of precedent. Considering what has taken place during the presidential campaign of 2016, both…
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An important off-shoot of the Black Lives Matter Movement is the growth of a parallel phenomenon known as Black Money Matters. As history reveals, African…
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The recent passing of the legendary Muhammad Ali and the recent release of ESPN’s multi-part documentary, O.J. Made in America, has generated a…
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Ronald Reagan, during his presidency, promoted an economic policy that came to be known as Reaganomics. Linked with economist Arthur Laffer’s theory of…
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A year ago, no one would have believed that Donald Trump would be the GOP front-runner this far into the primary season. Yet, fact can be stranger than…
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One of the constants of the post-slavery African American experience has been the positive role played by black women’s organizations in promoting…
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The underside of American history, as it relates to race relations, includes discourse regarding the alleged mental inferiority of people of African…
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A long-standing philosophical debate in American history involves people who believe in unfettered economic development versus those who believe that…
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Pope Francis’s recent triumphant visit to the United States, which included a speech to a joint session of Congress, suggests that one instance of…
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The embryonic Republican presidential primary season has witnessed the startling rise of Donald Trump in early polling. As the current frontrunner among a…