The New Book:
Converting Political Power To Economic Power
In this new book, a sequel to his first book, From Civil Rights To Silver Rights, Covington is urging African-Americans to refocus their attention on meeting their historical challenge of converting political power to economic power. There can be no Economic Empowerment for our communities without the growth of the black business class. Without a black business class, we will fail to meet our Historical Challenge.
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What James
Believes:
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., said, "We must now develop economic parity. No ethnic group in America has ever gained equality in America without first achieving economic parity."
"African-Americans must aggressively pursue national strategies that will lead us toward the growth of the black business class."
-James Covington-
Equal Justice
The deaths of Jordan Davis, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and others only ignited an already combustible situation in African-American communities across America. This explosive situation is rooted in the hopeless conditions resulting from systematic injustices and compounded by a chronic absence of economic (equality) opportunities.
Black Businesses
Black businesses are the keys to achieving Economic Equality because they are the points of exchange for money. The greater the opportunities (locations) for money to be exchanged, the longer the money remains in a community to renew hope, create jobs and a higher standard of living, and reduce crime. Growing black businesses in our community will equip us with the necessary economic resources to solve problems in our community.
Economic Equality
Other communities have long since solved these problems because they understood that while these problems may appear to be social in nature, they are in fact, economic problems with social consequences. They further understood that there could be no Equal Justice without the economic transformation of a community, which requires a strong and thriving business class.
How To Grow Black Businesses
There’s power in numbers! These numbers exist in what we are calling the Collaboration For
Economic Equality (CoFEE). CoFEE is a national collaboration of fraternities, sororities, elected
and appointed officials, black consumers, faith based groups, government entities, professional
organizations, non profits, corporations, HBCUs, journalists, and others. CoFEE consist of seven core components/partners: 1) Messengers, 2) Agitators, 3) Primers, 4) Partners, 5)Leaders, 6) Supporters, and 7) Drivers.
