Maggie Anderson (activist) explained

Margarita (Maggie) Anderson
Birth Place:	Miami, Florida, U.S.
Education:	North Miami Beach High School Emory University, B.A. 1993 (political science) University of Chicago, J.D. 1998, M.B.A. 2001
Known For:	campaign to buy only from black enterprises
Notable Works:	Book: Anderson , Maggie . Our black year : one family's quest to buy Black in America's racially divided economy . Ted Gregory . . . 2012 . 9781610390248 . 2011040609 . registration .
Spouse:	John Carl Anderson
Children:	2 daughters
Footnotes:	^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6]

Maggie Anderson (born Margarita; born 1971) is an American activist, author, CEO, and co-founder, with her husband John Anderson, of the Empowerment Experiment.^[7]

Biography

Anderson grew up in Liberty City, Miami, Florida and earned degrees at Emory University and University of Chicago. Her husband, John Anderson, is from Detroit, went to Harvard, and earned his MBA at Kellogg School of Management.^[8] They conceived the project after an expensive dinner at the posh Tru restaurant on Chicago's Magnificent Mile.^[3]

Anderson studied constitutional law under Barack Obama at Chicago Law School. She was an executive at McDonald's.^[3]

Anderson and her family spent the entire year of 2009 patronizing, as much as possible, only African-American owned businesses, eschewing all others. She wrote a book about the experience, reporting that in some fields, it was difficult to find black-owned businesses, and that black people patronized businesses within their own ethnic group less than other ethnic groups.

Anderson has participated in successful political campaigns for Rep. John Lewis, Mayor of Atlanta Bill Campbell, and Barack Obama's campaign for U.S. Senate. She has done work for the RainbowPUSH Coalition.^[9]

Books

In 2012, Anderson published her first book Our Black Year: One Family's Quest to Buy Black in America's Racially Divided Economy,^[10] which she co-authored with Ted Gregory,^[11] a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at the Chicago Tribune. The book describes the struggle she and her family went through with racism in business professions.

Anderson has also written the following romance fiction novels:

• A Night of Passion (2015)^[12]
• Driving Me Crazy (2016)^[13]
• Wolf Blood (2017)^[14]
• Wolf Curse (2017)^[15]
• Christmas, Mistletoe and You (2017)^[16]
• Wolf Lover (2019)^[17]
• Wolf Bonds (2021)^[18]

See also

• African-American businesses
• Black Economic Empowerment

External links

• Web site: . Steven . Gray . Buying Black: An Ebony Experiment . https://web.archive.org/web/20100413160601/http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,20504386001_0,00.html . dead . April 13, 2010 . 2012-03-15 . A Chicago couple vows to buy only from black-owned businesses for an entire year. They call it an empowerment experiment. But is it racist? . (video)
• Web site: Author Maggie Anderson, The Empowerment Experiment and OUR BLACK YEAR. 2012-03-15. Anderson. Maggie. Author Maggie Anderson and OUR BLACK YEAR. 2014-04-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20140425140410/http://www.authormaggieanderson.com/home.html. dead.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Maggie Anderson's LinkedIn profile. LinkedIn. 2012-03-13 .
2. Maggie Anderson, Krissah Thompson . After Words with Maggie Anderson. 2015-04-21. March 10, 2012. Book TV. Book TV. C-SPAN.
3. News: Maggie Anderson Pens Book, 'Our Black Year,' About Buying From Black Businesses for Entire Year . 2012-03-13. Rolling Out - Black News, Celebrity Videos, Entertainment, Business & Politics. December 12, 2011 . Terry Shropshire --> . Terry . Shropshire .
4. Web site: Our Black Year, with Maggie Anderson 93C . 2012-03-13 . Emory Bubble.
5. News: "Our Black Year" - The story of one family's mission to buy black . 2012-03-13 . March 14, 2012 . . Alfred Jr. . Edmond . . 2012-05-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120511135602/http://www.blackenterprise.com/2012/03/01/%e2%80%9cour-black-year%e2%80%9d/ . dead .
6. emPower Magazine. Mission Accomplished: Maggie Anderson. January 25, 2012. Larisa. Robinson. 2012-04-07. 2012-03-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20120331163204/http://www.empowernewsmag.com/listings.php?article=2307. dead.
7. Web site: . MARGARITA ANDERSON IS THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF THE EMPOWERMENT EXPERIMENT (EE) AND THE EMPOWERMENT EXPERIMENT FOUNDATION, INC.. March 12, 2012. 2012-04-07.
8. News: Buying black. 2012-03-15. March 9, 2009. Chicago Tribune.
9. Web site: Docstoc, Inc.. The Empowerment Experiment Foundation, Inc. - Board of Directors. 2012-04-07. 2012-03-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20120331163204/http://www.empowernewsmag.com/listings.php?article=2307. dead.
10. Book: Anderson, Maggie. Our Black Year: One Family's Quest to Buy Black in America's Racially Divided Economy. Ted Gregory. 941861776. Ted Gregory. New York, NY. PublicAffairs. 2012. 9781610390255. 2011040609. registration. Google Books page
11. Web site: Gregory . Ted C. . About Ted C. Gregory. 2022-10-08 . Ted C. Gregory.
12. Book: Anderson, Maggie . A Night of Passion . October 22, 2015 . Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Print Us . 9780992513924 .
13. Book: Anderson, Maggie . Driving Me Crazy . December 9, 2016 . Bella Luna Books, Australia . 9780992513931 .
14. Book: Anderson, Maggie . Wolf Blood: A Moon Grove Paranormal Romance Thriller . February 8, 2017 . Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp . 9780992513962 .
15. Book: Anderson, Maggie . Wolf Curse: A Moon Grove Paranormal Romance Thriller . November 13, 2017 . Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print US . 9780992513979 .
16. Book: Anderson, Maggie . Christmas, Mistletoe and You: A Christmas Romance Novella . November 29, 2017. Bella Luna Books, Australia . 9780992513986.
17. Book: Anderson, Maggie . Wolf Lover: A Moon Grove Paranormal Romance Thriller . September 7, 2019 . Bella Luna Books, Australia . 9780648483618 .
18. Book: Anderson, Maggie . Wolf Bonds: A Moon Grove Paranormal Romance Thriller - Book Four . September 22, 2021. Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print US . 9780648483632 .