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Dorothy A. Terrell

Dorothy A. Terrell is Founder and Managing Partner of FirstCap Advisors, a venture capital and advisory services firm that helps innovative technology companies successfully navigate the critical early stages of product and business

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Isiah Thomas

Isiah Lord Thomas III is a retired professional basketball player who played with the Detroit Pistons from 1981 to 1994. He was born on April 30, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois and was the youngest of nine siblings. He attended a private school called St. Joseph High School in Illinois, which took him

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Chelsea C. Williams - Possibility Coach. Talent Strategist. Trainer.

These are a few of the hats Chelsea Williams wears on any given day as the Founder & CEO of College

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Yvonne M. Curl

Yvonne M. Curl was Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Avaya Inc. Prior to Avaya, Curl also held numerous roles progressing through the management of Xerox Corporation, including Vice President-Field Operations, Executive Assistant to the Chairman and CEO, and as Corporate Vice President

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Jeter, Howard Franklin (1947- )

Howard Jeter, U.S. Ambassador to Botswana and later to Nigeria, was born in Maple Ridge, Union County, South Carolina on March 6, 1947 to James Walter Jeter, Jr. and Emma Mattocks Jeter. Howard Jeter first attended school in a one-room schoolhouse in Maple Ridge. The school had no

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Malcolm A. Punter - President & CEO, HCCI

Dr. Punter is a member of the Metro New York National Black MBA Association, 100 Black Men of New York, Inc., serves as the Secretary of the Adam Clayton Powell Jr Memorial Committee, Inc., as the Vice President of the Black Agency Executives in NYC as well as served on many boards for other

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Rosalind Brewer

Born: 962 President and CEO, Sam’s Club, Wal-Mart Stores, U.S.ABrewer became CEO of discount membership club and retailer Sam’s club in 202, becoming the first woman and first African-American to head a Wal-Mart subsidiary. The $56 billion (revenues) division of Wal-Mart has operations in the

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In Memoriam

It is at Uptown Records where Harrell famously discovered future music mogul Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, who started at the company as an intern and rose to the ranks of a Vice-President of A&R signing such acts as Mary J. Blige, Jodeci and Father

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Joseph B. Anderson

Joseph B. Anderson, Jr. is Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of TAG Holdings, LLC. Anderson has been at the helm of the manufacturing, service and technology business since January 2002. Previously, Anderson was the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Chivas

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Anthony Welters

Anthony Welters is Executive Chairman of the BlackIvy Group, LLC. Welters is also Senior Adviser to the Office of the CEO of UnitedHealth Group. Prior to this appointment, Welters was Executive Vice President and a Member of the Office of the CEO of UnitedHealth Group. Welters joined UHG upon its

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Soledad O'Brien, Award-Winning Journalist

O’Brien anchors and produces the Hearst Television political magazine program “Matter of Fact with Soledad

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Madagascar

Madagascar lies in the Indian Ocean off the southeast coast of Africa opposite Mozambique. The worlds fourth-largest island, it is twice the size of Arizona. The countrys low-lying coastal area gives way to a central plateau. The once densely wooded interior has largely been cut

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Dwayne A. Wilson

Dwayne A. Wilson is a former Senior Vice President of Fluor Corporation. In this role, he reported to the Chairman and CEO on key initiatives of strategic importance to the corporation. Previously, Wilson served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC

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Traci Otey Blunt Named President Of RLJ Entertainment's Urban Movie Channel

Robert L. Johnson, Chairman of RLJ Entertainment announced the appointment of Traci Otey Blunt as President of Urban Movie Channel (UMC). UMC is the first premium subscription-based streaming service created for African American and urban audiences that features quality urban content across all

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Kourtney Gibson - President, Loop Capital

Kourtney Gibson is President of Loop Capital

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This Black Coffee Retailer Saw A 350% Spike in Sales After Being Forced to Close Its Doors

This Black Coffee Retailer Saw A 350% Spike in Sales After Being Forced to Close Its is difficult to start a business but it is arguably even harder to maintain an existing

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Aylwin B. Lewis

Aylwin B. Lewis is Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Potbelly Corporation, a growing Chicago-based sandwich chain with operations throughout the United States and

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Regina Benjamin, MD

Regina Benjamin, MD is the Former United States Surgeon General and a practicing family physician. In July 2009, Benjamin was appointed as the 18th United States Surgeon General and served a four – year term. During that period, Benjamin served as the Chair of the National Prevention, Health

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Rose McKinney-James

Rose McKinney-James is Managing Principal of Energy Works, LLC. In this

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Kwesi Mfume

Born: 0/24/948 Baltimore, MarylandKweisi Mfume is the former President/CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, as well as a five-term Democratic Congressman from Marylands 7th congressional district, serving in the 00th through 04th CongressBusiness

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Charles A. Tribbett

Charles A.Tribbett lll is a Partner at Russell Reynolds Associates. In this role, Tribbett specializes in board services assignments and has conducted CEO assignments, board searches, succession planning and executive assessment projects for leading international corporations. Tribbett co-leads the

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Iconic Uptown Records founder Andre Harrell dies

HOLLYWOOD – Andre Harrell, the founder of Uptown Records best known as the man who turned Sean “Diddy” Combs into a music mogul, died Fried at the age of

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David Baker Lewis

David Baker Lewis currently serves as Of Counsel at Lewis & Munday, a Detroitbased legal firm with offices in New York City and

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Major League Baseball Diversity & Inclusion’s Ultimate Engagement Model

Spearheaded by Wendy Lewis, MLB Senior Vice President of Diversity, Inclusion & Strategic Alliances, Major League Baseball has implemented the ultimate engagement model for job seekers interested in working for the industry of baseball and entrepreneurs who are interested in doing business with

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Wineberry, Jesse Calvin (1955- )

Former Washington State Legislator and current internet business entrepreneur, Jesse Calvin Wineberry was born in 1955 in Sedro Woolley, Washington, and adopted by parents Peter and Mary Wineberry. Wineberry grew up in Seattle’s Central District and attended Queen Anne High School. He earned

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Sheryl Y. Battles

Ms. Battles provides strategic communications support for the Chairman, President, and CEO, of the $5.3 billion company. This includes: communicating the company’s strategies and developments to a variety of stakeholders, including investors, and articulating the company’s positions on key business

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Wonya Lucas

Wonya Lucas is President and CEO of Public Broadcasting Atlanta where she oversees Atlanta’s NPR (WABE) and PBS

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Lisa Jeffries Caldwell

Lisa Jeffries Caldwell is Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for Reynolds American Inc., reporting to RAI CEO Daniel M. Delen. Caldwell is also a member of the RAI executive leadership team. Ms. Caldwell joined R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in 1991 as an Employment Practices

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Shaquille O'Neal kick-starts Boys & Girls Clubs of America initiative to reconnect with 16 million Club Alumni

Today Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA), the nation’s #1 advocate for kids and teens, launched their new Boys & Girls Clubs – Alumni & Friends Club to engage its estimated 16 million Club Alumni. Alongside Alumni & Friends Club spokesperson Shaquille O’Neal, numerous other

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Mary J. Blige

Mary Jane Blige is an American singer, songwriter and actress who has been making hit records for almost 25 years. She was born on January 11, 1971 in the Bronx, New York to Cora and Thomas Blige. She grew up in a very neglected and disastrous neighborhood and her childhood was marked by

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