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They were wrong. Since the boycott, blacks have lost the habit of shopping on Dryades Street, partly because a white-owned bank, a Woolworth's and a McCrory's store have moved elsewhere-and the whole area has gone downhill. Though Willis and Dural offer brand-name clothes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Beginnings of Black Capitalism | 4/6/1970 | See Source »

The Shopkeepers. William Willis and Earl Dural, both 39, typify the many Negroes for whom the dream of starting their own business has soured. They had talked of opening a clothing store when they were university students and kept discussing it while Willis worked as a beer salesman and Dural...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Beginnings of Black Capitalism | 4/6/1970 | See Source »

In June, barring any last-minute hitches, Alaska Airlines will become the first non-Russian airline to fly tourists into Siberia. Last week Chairman Charles F. Willis Jr. received an all but final go-ahead for the flights from Intourist, the Soviet tourist agency. Washington's Civil Aeronautics Board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Airlines: Flight of the Samovar | 2/9/1970 | See Source »

New York professional teams are turning Manhattan into something that resembles an isle of joy. First the Jets, then the Mets, and now the New York Knickerbockers. Once the softest touch in the National Basketball Association, the Knicks have turned the beginning of the 1969-70 season into a romp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Knickerbocker Holiday | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

Perhaps more important, Reed is the acknowledged captain every moment that he is on the court. Says Coach William ("Red") Holzman: "Willis often tells me what he thinks I should do. I don't always listen, but I have to admit that he's often right." Holzman probably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Knickerbocker Holiday | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

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