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Dr. Claud Anderson, is president of The Harvest Institute, a non-profit, tax exempt a nationally recognized Black think tank  that works to help Black America become a self-sufficient and competitive group of people.

Widely recognized as one of America’s most influential intellectuals and authors, Dr. Anderson has popularized Black history. His book, Black Labor, White Wealth: A Search for Power and Economic Justice, is the foundation for the programs,  policies, and research solutions of The Harvest Institute. The Institute has adopted his book,   PowerNomics: The National Plan to Empower Black America as the blueprint for all of its activities. Dr. Anderson founded the Institute in 1993.

The word PowerNomics® represents a social-political-economic package of principles and strategies developed by Dr. Anderson to make Black America a more self-sufficient and competitive group. In his  latest book, PowerNomics: The National Plan to Empower Black America, Dr. Anderson sets forth a five year national plan in education, economics, politics and outlines a new role for Black religious organizations. Redevelopment and  industrialization of Black communities is a key PowerNomics strategy. Dr. Anderson’s  ideas and the work of the Harvest Institute have begun to ignite a national movement of reform among Blacks.

Dr. Anderson has a broad and varied base of experiences spanning education, business, federal and state politics and successful social reform. During integration, he served as State Coordinator of Education for Governor Reubin Askew of Florida. While serving in that capacity, he founded the State Action Council, a coalition of Black leaders for political action in Florida. Dr. Anderson, appointed by former President Jimmy Carter, served as Assistant Secretary in the U.S. Department of Commerce where he headed the Coastal Plains Regional Commission and funded and directed economic development activities for governors in the Southeastern states. One of the first Blacks to own a radio station in Florida, Dr. Anderson owned radio station WOWD-FM in Tallahassee. He also served as executive director of two economic development corporations for the city of Miami. As special assistant to the 1988  Democratic Convention, he awarded 37% of the contracts to Blacks, a record that has not been reached or broken.

Dr. Anderson’s books, Black Labor, White Wealth, Dirty Little Secrets about Black History, and his latest book, PowerNomics: The National Plan, are widely read throughout the United States, used as textbooks in many universities and continuously found on best-seller lists.