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Article: Family matters. (African American family business enterprises) (includes helpful tips on family business management)
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- Black Enterprise
- Article date:
- January 1, 1992
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1992 Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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When William S. Ward pulled up in front of his Columbus, Ohio, home in April 1881 with a team of horses and a trucking cart, the four Ward sons immediately became the first employees of their father's moving firm.
Over a century later, E.E. Ward Transfer & Storage Co. (named after William's youngest son), one of the nation's oldest black businesses, remains a family affair. "Our business is a way of life," says Eldon W. Ward, 77, grandson of the founder and president of the 110-year-old firm. "It's more than just saying you're in business to make a buck."
Ward's niece, Dolores Smith White, 57, the company's office manager and representing the fourth ...