CLOSEUP OF A SAILBOAT OWNER READYING HIS CRAFT IN A LAKE MICHIGAN MARINA ADJACENT TO DOWNTOWN CHICAGO. THE CITY HAS PROVIDED A CLIMATE FOR DEVELOPING BLACK RESOURCES AND IS CONSIDERED THE BLACK BUSINESS CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES. THERE WERE 8,747 BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES WHICH GROSSED $332 MILLION IN 1970 ACCORDING TO CENSUS FIGURES. BLACK ENTERPRISES MAGAZINE IN 1973 REPORTED THAT CHICAGO HAD 14 OF THE TOP 100 BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES TOPPING NEW YORK CITY'S 13

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