Empowerment agreement ends Miami boycott. (African American activists' boycott against tourist industry)

From: Black Enterprise | Date: August 1, 1993| Author: Lewis, Nicole | Copyright information

An accord between Miami's tourist industry and the Boycott Miami: Coalition for Progress advocacy group calls for increased private funding for several programs to aid African American business development in South Florida.

Three years after the black community declared an conomic boycott on Miami's tourist industry, The Boycott Miami: Coalition for Progress has signed an agreement with area business leaders, ending the boycott. The non-binding agreement which took 16 months to n...

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