Which type of business did W. C. Coleman open in 1897, which was the first of its kind to be owned and operated by African Americans? a gas station

a hotel

a hospital

a cotton mill

The best answer to the question: Which type of business did W. C Coleman open in 1897, which was the first of its kind to be owned and operated by African Americans, would be: A cotton mill.

Explanation:

Warren Clay Coleman was an African American from Concord, in North Carolina, who, in 1897, founded the Coleman Manufacturing Company. What is outstanding about this company, aside from having been founded by an African American from the South, was that it was also the first business that employed other African Americans, and not white Southerners, to work in it.

d. a cotton mill

warren clay coleman's business was the first to be operated by an african american