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Coleman H. Peterson

Coleman H. Peterson was the Executive Vice President of People for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. In this role, Peterson was responsible for the recruitment, retention and development of Wal-Mart’s retail organization. Peterson headed human resources during Wal-Mart’s most aggressive global expansion and helped diversify its workforce.

Currently, Peterson is President & Chief Executive Officer of Hollis Enterprises, LLC. Peterson founded the human resources consulting firm in 2004 following his retirement from Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Peterson specializes in executive coaching, succession planning and keynote speaking engagements.

Peterson received the highest recognition within the human resource industry when he was inducted as a Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources.
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GECOM can correct Lowenfield’s actions - Jagdeo
While President David Granger has endorsed the controversial move by Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield to discard 25% of the votes cast at the March 2 polls, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) could still rectify the
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Robert L. Johnson
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Cory Booker
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Eric D. Mullins
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Kerry Washington
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Watts Jr., J.C. (1957- )
J.C. Watts, Jr., the first black Republican to be elected to a political office in Oklahoma. He was born in Eufaula, Oklahoma, on November 18, 1957.  A superior athlete, he starred as quarterback on a University of Oklahoma football team known for rarely passing the ball.  Consequently, after Watts
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Easley v. Cromartie (2001)
* Governor Michael F. Easley is hereby substituted for former Governor James B. Hunt, Jr., pursuant to this Courts Rule
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Renee L. Glover
Renee L. Glover is Founder and Managing Member of The Catalyst Group, LLC., a national consulting firm that is focused on urban revitalization, real estate development and community building, urban policy, and business transformation. Previously, Glover served as President and Chief Executive
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Source: The Birmingham Times
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/EIN News/ -- CHICAGO, June 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- James H. Lowry encapsulated his 30-plus years of experience in the field of minority business development in the book he co-authored in 2011, “Minority Business Success: Refocusing on the American
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Source: African Americans News Monitoring Service & Press Release Distribution - EIN News
Debra A. Sandler
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NAACP Set to Move Headquarters to D.C.
The NAACP has signed a letter of intent to move its national headquarters from Baltimore to the District and make its new home in the Frank D. Reeves Center for Municipal Affairs in Northwest, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced
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Source: The Washington Informer
SPLC Announces $30 Million Investment to Increase Voter Registration
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today announced it is investing up to $30 million from its endowment in voter outreach organizations in the Deep South to increase voter registration and participation among people of color with a lower propensity to
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Source: The Charleston Chronicle
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Source: Houston Forward Times - Reporting The Truth | Affecting Change | Moving Forward
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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper
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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source
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Open letter to Prime Minister Mia Mottley & the citizens of CARICOM | New York Carib News
Without seizing herself of the full set of facts, Prime Minister Mottley, in her capacity as CARICOM Chairman, jumped into Guyana’s elections politics, like a bull in a China shop, to support her friend Bharrat Jagdeo, leader of the opposition People’s Progressive Party
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Source: The New York Carib News
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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Guyana’s political tragedy
This crisis has been in the making for over 50 years – ever since the declaration of independence that came on the heels of the collapse of a multiracial anticolonial movement, the intervention of the joined imperialist forces of the UK and US and the convulsive coastal racial disturbances of the
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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Source: TechCentral
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