{"572451":{"#nid":"572451","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Blacks Lag in Business Ownership, but Gap Is Narrowing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Thomas Boston, professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was quoted in \u0026quot;Blacks Lag in Business Ownership, but Gap Is Narrowing\u0026quot; by \u003Cstrong\u003EThe Wall Street Journal.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, many black-owned firms have focused on doing business with the public sector, leaving them vulnerable to cutbacks in government spending and affirmative action programs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Black businesses, even though they have been growing, have lagged behind the growth of other groups,\u0026rdquo; said Mr. Boston, who also owns a consulting firm that focuses on minorities and small business.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, read \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/blacks-lag-in-business-ownership-but-gap-is-narrowing-1472702465\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"32788","created_gmt":"2016-09-02 11:43:14","changed_gmt":"2016-10-13 14:49:21","author":"Anna Cathryn Finch","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Anton Leykin","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/blacks-lag-in-business-ownership-but-gap-is-narrowing-1472702465","dateline":{"date":"2016-09-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-09-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"520621":{"id":"520621","type":"image","title":"Thomas \u0022Danny\u0022 Boston","body":null,"created":"1459558800","gmt_created":"2016-04-02 01:00:00","changed":"1539023750","gmt_changed":"2018-10-08 18:35:50","alt":"Outdoor portrait of Dr. Danny Boston","file":{"fid":"206042","name":"10p1000-p15-030.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/10p1000-p15-030_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/10p1000-p15-030_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1105964,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/10p1000-p15-030_0.jpg?itok=8PdD7ugA"}}},"media_ids":["520621"],"groups":[{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}