1. United States Commission on Civil Rights, “Minority and Women Set-Aside Statement,” unpublished paper (March 1986), p. 2.
2. Lorenzo Brown, “Why Should Black-Owned Businesses Hire Predominantly Black Labor Forces?,”Review of Black Political Economy 15 (Fall 1986), p. 119.
3. Bureau of the Census,1982 Characteristics of Business Owners (Washington, U.C.: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987).
4. James Lowry, “Set-Aside Programs: Viable Vehicles for Change or Threats to the Free Enterprise System?,” inSelected Affirmative Action Topics in Employment and Business Set-Asides (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1986), p. 116.
5. Timothy Bates, “An Analysis of Minority Entrepreneurship Utilizing the Census of Population Public Use Samples,” final report to the Minority Business Development Agency, U.S. Department of Commerce (January 1986), p. 78.