Robert E. Weems Jr.
Volunteer History CommentatorRobert E. Weems Jr. is the Willard W. Garvey Distinguished Professor of Business History at Wichita State University.
His research specialty is African American business and economic history.
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Recent American history features numerous instances where U.S. Attorneys General recused themselves from cases where a conflict of interest existed.For… -
Wichita has a proud history of entrepreneurship. Companies founded here — such as Pizza Hut, Rent-A-Center, Beechcraft, Learjet, Cessna, and Koch… -
Wichita, during the mid-20th century, was a city where African Americans were blatantly discriminated against in downtown commercial spaces. For instance,… -
For much of American history, gold and silver were directly linked with the country’s currency. Memories of the hyper-inflation associated with the… -
Most Americans are probably aware of the famous August 28, 1963, March on Washington where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his immortal “I Have A Dream”… -
The ongoing controversy surrounding Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner has generated increased discussion of Trump’s flaunting of professional…
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Long before Donald Trump made profane comments about restricting the number of immigrants from certain countries to the U.S., the history of American… -
By any objective measure, Donald Trump appears headed toward being regarded as the worst president in American history. Ten months into his presidency,… -
U.S. presidents have long sought to communicate with the American people on a variety of pertinent issues. With the advent of radio in the early… -
Wichita, like many other U.S. cities during the early-to-mid twentieth century, placed restrictions on how African Americans could use municipal swimming…
