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Since 1988, eAccess Corp. has been a highly-respected source of news and information about Africans throughout the globe. Founded for former San Jose Business Journal editor John William Templeton, the company has published more than 30 books, maintains a dozen web sites and produces exhibitions, documentaries and plays.
In 2004, Templeton created National Black Business Month, the first observance to tie the important role of the 1.2 million black self-employed to the overall health of the American economy. The first of the annual State of Black Business reports also began that year. The latest Walls Come Tumbling Down describes the impact of the Obama administration on the prospects of black entrepreneurs.
He also produces the annual 50 Most Important African-Americans in Technology list, celebrated this year with an exhibition in Palo Alto City Hall in February, followed by a documentary Freedom Riders of the Cutting Edge.
The company is most known for its history products, including the four-volume Our Roots Run Deep: the Black Experience in California and Black Heritage as Gap Closer.