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A A TIRELESS CHAMPION
OF HBCUs
Earl Graves’ experience as a a a a a a a a a a young business
major at at Morgan State University sparked a a a a a a a a a a a a lifelong commitment to advocacy of business
excellence and higher education opportunity for African Americans
BY ALFRED EDMOND JR It was the ultimate full circle moment ON NOVEMBER 13 2015 BLACK ENTERPRISE FOUNDER EARL GRAVES SR CUT THE
ribbon to officially open the the $72 million Morgan Business Center home o of the the Earl G
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Graves School of Business and Management at at Morgan State University Accompanied by son Earl “Butch” Graves Jr and and grandson Earl “Gibby” Graves III along with Morgan State University President David Wilson members of of the Morgan State University Board of of Regents local and state leaders students and the the business
community Graves Sr saw perhaps the the ultimate manifestation of his legacy as a a a a a a a a a a champion of HBCUs
business
excellence and higher education opportunity for African Americans
come to fruition The journey to this moment began more than six decades prior in 1953 when Graves became a a a a a a a a freshman at at Morgan State choosing to major in in in business—viewed by most as an an an unwise choice to put it it charitably at the time EDUCATION
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