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Tupac Shakur (also known by his stage name of 2Pac) was legendary rap and hip-hop musician. He was born in New York City in 1971 to Billy Garland and Afeni Shakur, both activists of a revolutionary black nationalist organization named “Black Panthers”. His name, Tupac Amaru

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Stacey J. Mobley

Stacey J. Mobley is Senior Advisor at Dickstein Shapiro LLP. Previously, Mobley served as the Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel of DuPont. Mobley was a member of DuPont’s Office of the Chief Executive. Mobley was with DuPont for 35 years and had senior

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Ray M. Robinson

Ray M. Robinson was President of the Southern Region for AT&T. Robinson retired from his leadership position after 35 years of distinguished service. Robinson’s career spanned human resources, operations, sales, marketing strategy, customer service, international business, government

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Smokey Robinson

Smokey Robinson is a famous American singer and songwriter, who had a successful career both as part of the group “The Miracles” and as a solo artist. He was born as William Robinson, Jr. on February 19, 1940 to a poor family in Detroit. His mother died when he was very young so he was

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Lloyd E. Campbell

Lloyd E. Campbell is a Consultant in the New York office of Spencer Stuart, the global executive search and leadership advisory firm. With 30 years of financial services industry experience, he has deep sector knowledge and functional expertise across the firm’s Financial Services, Private

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Sidney A. Ribeau

Sidney A. Ribeau was President of Howard University. Before Howard University, Ribeau served as President and Chief Executive Officer at Bowling Green State University. Ribeau joined Bowling Green in

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Sandra A.J. Lawrence

Sandra A.J. Lawrence is Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics. She is responsible for the Hospital’s finance, accounting, managed care, admissions, medical records, billing, patient financial services, human resources, information

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

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Kenneth I. Chenault

Kenneth I. Chenault is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for American Express, an American multinational financial services company providing customers with access to products, insights and experiences that enrich lives and build business success. Chenault joined American Express in 1981 and was

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Reginald F. Lewis

Lewis was born on this day in Baltimore, Maryland. He received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1968. He was a partner in Murphy, Thorpes & Lewis, the first black law firm on Wall Street. In 1989 he became president and CEO of TLC Beatrice International food Company, Lewis became the

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Meredith Gourdine

Meredith Charles “Flash” Gourdine was born on September 26, 1929 in Newark, New Jersey. His father worked as a painter and janitor and instilled within his son the importance of a strong work ethic. Meredith attended Brooklyn Technical High School and after classes he helped his father

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Black History Month - African American Inventors

Anthony Phills received U.S. patent #5,136,787 on August 11, 1992 for a ruler template for computer

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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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Hugh M. Brown founded BAMSI, Inc., a full-service engineering and technical services company, in 1978 and served as its Chief Executive Officer until his retirement in

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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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Martin H. Nesbitt

Martin H. Nesbitt is Co-Chief Executive Officer and founder of Vistria Group, LLC. In this role, he shares the leadership role of the Chicago-based investment company focused on education, healthcare and financial services

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William H. Easter

William H. Easter III was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of DCP Midstream LLC. Easter had a 32-year career in natural gas, crude oil and refined product supply, transportation, refining and marketing for Conoco and Conoco Phillips. Easter held a number of senior leadership

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McMillian, Marco (1979-2013)

Marco McMillian was known primarily as the first openly-gay African American male to seek mayoral office as a Democrat in his hometown of Clarksdale, Mississippi. On February 26, 2013, McMillian was found dead the age of 34, having been beaten, dragged, and

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Stacy Brown-Philpot

Stacy Brown-Philpot is Chief Executive Officer of TaskRabbit. Prior to this role, Brown-Philpot served as the Chief Operating Officer before taking over the leadership role at this company. Brown-Philpot’s current position makes her one of the most powerful Black executives in Silicon

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Dale E. Jones is President and Chief Executive Officer at Diversified Search. In this role, Jones leads the ninth largest search firm in the United States. Prior to joining Diversified Search, Jones served as Vice Chairman and Partner of the CEO and Board Practice at Heidrick & Struggles

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Robert L. Johnson

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), organization composed mainly of American blacks, but with many white members, whose goal is the end of racial discrimination 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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Cooper, J. Gary (1936– )

J. Gary Cooper, military, government, and business leader, was appointed United States Ambassador to Jamaica by President Bill Clinton in 1994. He was the first African American to occupy the position. Prior to his appointment, he had a distinguished military

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Sheila G. Talton

Sheila G. Talton is President and Chief Executive Officer of Gray Matter Analytics, a consulting firm that offers data analytics and predictive modeling services and solutions to organizations in the financial services and health care

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Gerald B. Smith

Gerald B. Smith is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Smith, Graham & Co. Investment Advisors, L.P. In this role, Smith leads an independent employee-owned investment advisory firm that specializes in providing fixed income and equity portfolio strategies to institutional clients. Prior to

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Ronald G. Forsythe, Jr.

Ronald G. Forsythe, Jr. is President and Chief Executive Officer of Quality Health Strategies and previously served as its Chief Operating Officer. Prior to that, Forsythe served as Chief Information Officer and Vice President at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore where he led projects that

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Black Indians: A Personal and Historic Journey

William Loren Katz has devoted his life to researching and writing African American history. In the following account written to describe the reissue of one of his most successful books, Black Indians, he describes how he became an historian of African America and particularly the black

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Scott M. Mills is Viacom’s Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer. In this role, Mills is responsible for Human Resources, Media Technology Services, Real Estate, Programming Acquisitions, Facilities and

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