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National Black Chamber of Commerce

The National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) was incorporated as The National Black Chamber of Commerce, Inc., in 1993. It is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nonsectarian organization dedicated to the economic empowerment of African American communities. Additionally, the organization indicates that it represents the views of its members regarding economic and political policy issues; domestically and internationally. It is organized as a 501(c) corporation and has at least 190 chapters within the United States. The NBCC also has international chapters in the Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, Ghana and Jamaica.[1] As with all Chambers of Commerce, affiliate branches are committed to carrying out the goals of the main Chamber within their areas.

However, the organization is largely funded by non-African American businesses on behalf of whose interests it often lobbies, such as the fossil fuel, telecommunications,[2][3][4] and tobacco industries,[5][6] and has sometimes been accused of being a front group.[4][2][7]

  1. ^ "National Black Chamber of Commerce - About Us, Organizational Profile". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-02-19.
  2. ^ a b Davies, Ken (20 August 2015). "National Black Chamber of Commerce: Fossil Funders Revealed". Climate Investigations Center. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  3. ^ Kushnick, Bruce (4 April 2007). "Verizon, AT&T and the manipulation of public opinion". Nieman Watchdog. Nieman Foundation at Harvard University. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  4. ^ a b Dampier, Philip (2 October 2009). "Special Report — Astroturf Overload – Broadband for America = One Giant Industry Front Group". Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  5. ^ Lorber, Janie (18 May 2011). "Some Question Black Chamber of Commerce". Roll Call. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  6. ^ Yerger VB, Malone RE (December 2002). "African American leadership groups: smoking with the enemy". Tobacco Control. 11 (4): 336–45. doi:10.1136/tc.11.4.336. PMC 1747674. PMID 12432159.
  7. ^ Alvarado, Francisco (13 August 2015). "National Black Chamber of Commerce, Solar Energy Critic, Rakes in Cash From Polluters". Florida Center for Investigative Reporting. Retrieved 27 March 2017.

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