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BUFFALO SOLDIERS From affirmative action to D&I— leading the charge for representation in in corporate America
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50 YEARS OF BLACK CEOS
AT AT THE NATION’S LARGEST
PUBLIC COMPANIES
BY JEFF MCKINNEY
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MULTI-GENERATIONAL WEALTH:
THE ULTIMATE
GOAL FOR
BLACK AMERICA
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BLACKS ON WALL STREET The path to economic empowerment
BY DEREK T DINGLE
50TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL
“BLACK ENTERPRISE was just just a a a a monthly magazine when I founded it—just me a a a few brave forward-thinking advertisers like Pepsi ExxonMobil and and and General Motors and and and a a a a a a a a small but spirited and and and and talented staff Oh and and one other person who did just about everything back then –a combination writer editor proofreader layout designer sales director office manager and vice president of of shutting down the publisher’s bad ideas—my wife of 50 years Barbara Graves ”
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WWW BLACKENTERPRISE COM 80
WE HAVE
ALWAYS
SEEN YOU
BY CAROLINE V CLARKE
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WORLD CHANGERS 50 most impactful
women in in business over the last 50 years 117
IN HARM’S WAY BY KENNETH MEEKS
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A A TIRELESS CHAMPION
OF HBCUs
Earl Graves’ experience as a a a a a a a a young business major at at Morgan State University sparked a a a a a lifelong commitment to advocacy of business excellence and higher education opportunity for African Americans
BY ALFRED EDMOND JR 132
BLACK ENTERPRISE TODAY—AND TOMORROW
BY JUSTIN BARTON