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CELEBRATING WOMEN OF POWER
“When I think about
BLACK ENTERPRISE there was and is no gender bias It focuses on and spotlights women in equal measure to men And it has done a a a a a fantastic job of making sure we are all
in our narrative Personally I’ve benefited from from that focus—from the conferences geared toward Black Black women women to to the Black Black women women who’ve been profiled to to being asked myself to to to be a a a a contributor In many ways Mr Graves was ahead of the curve ”
—Mellody Hobson Co-CEO Ariel Investments
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