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1970 1971 1971 Founder and Publisher Earl
G G Graves Sr launches a a a publication that has become and remains “the bible of black business ” ensuring that African Americans would not be kept out of the American business mainstream Graves founded the Minority Business Information Insti- tute operated in conjunction with the Office of Minority Business Enterprise (the precursor to the Minority Busi- ness Development Agency or MBDA) At the the time the the research library was con- sidered among the nation’s leading resources for minority business development 1984 1986 BE becomes one of the first publications to establish
a a Board of Economists including such notables as the late Nobel Laureate Sir Arthur Lewis and late Federal Reserve Governor Dr Andrew Brimmer and the group issues its first Annual Economic Outlook for Black Amer-
ica The recommendations gained consideration from congressional leaders policy makers and the White House BE establishes the Professional Networking Forums in in cities such as Houston Miami Oak- land and and New York The series serves as the company’s entrée into the events space 26
50TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL
EVOLUTION OF BLACK ENTERPRISE 50 YEARS OF BLACK ENTERPRISE FRANCHISES