#FoundersOutFront Spotlights Black and Latinx Female Founders

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#FoundersOutFront Spotlights Black and Latinx Female Founders

digitalundivided, a social startup dedicated to the empowerment of women of color entrepreneurs, has launched a photo series called #FoundersOutFront, highlighting how Black & Latinx female founders are adapting to…

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Cook, Suzan Denise Johnson (1957– )

Suzan Johnson Cook is a religious leader, pastor, motivational speaker, and diplomat who was born on January 28, 1957, in Harlem, New York. Her father, Wilbert Johnson, was a trolley driver and later founder of a successful security company, and her mother Dorothy Johnson, was a public school

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Major General Augustus L. Collins (U.S. Army, Ret.)

Augustus L. Collins (Major General, U.S. Army, Ret.) is the CEO of MINACT Inc., a Mississippi-based contractor that supports the U.S. Department of Labor’s Job Corps program in several states throughout the

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NAACP Elects Kweisi Mfume

Kweisi Mfume is unanimously elected President and CEO of the NAACP.

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1995

Johnson, Robert Louis (1946 - )

Robert Louis Johnson, founder, chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Black Entertainment Television (BET), is also the majority owner of the Charlotte (North Carolina) Bobcats of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the first African American billionaire. He was born in

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Kelly, Samuel Eugene (1926-2009)

Samuel Eugene Kelly, soldier and educator, was born in Greenwich, Connecticut on January 26, 1926 to James Handy Kelly, a minister, and Essie Matilda Allen-Kelly, a homemaker. Educated at Greenwich public schools, Kelly dropped out of high school in 1943 and joined the United States Army the

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Anthony R. Chase

Anthony R. Chase is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ChaseSource, LP. Chase is also Co-Founder and Chairman of SBC Communications Inc. Previously, Chase was an Executive Vice President and Principal of Crest Investment Corp. Chase was also Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of

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Nelda J. Connors

Nelda J. Connors is Founder, Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Pine Grove Holdings, LLC, which operates growth oriented manufacturing companies that offer original equipment, manufactured and remanufactured products, and after market services. Previously, Connors served as President and Chief

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Donald, Arnold (1954- )

Arnold Donald is an American businessman and CEO of Carnival Corporation headquartered in Miami, Florida. He has held the position since 2013. Prior to this position, he was a senior executive at Monsanto in

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Fayetteville State University (1867-- )

Fayetteville State University is a historically black institution of the University of North Carolina system located in Fayetteville, North Carolina. It is the second oldest higher education institution in North Carolina and was founded in 1867 as Howard School in honor of General Oliver Otis

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O’dell M. Owens, M.D.

O’dell M. Owens, M.D. is Medical Director for the City of Cincinnati. Previously, Owens was the President of Cincinnati State as well as holding many healthcare related leadership roles including serving as Medical Director for a major insurance company. Owens also helped launch a Cincinnati-based

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Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, Tucson, Arizona (1900- )

Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church began its ministry to the black community of Tucson, Arizona in 1900 when Baptist missionary Rev. John B. Bell arrived, conducted services, and with ten other devoted men and women organized the Baptist Mission. Rev. Bell was part of a longstanding effort by

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United Negro College Fund

The United Negro College Fund, or UNCF, is an American philanthropic organization that funds scholarships for black students and general scholarship funds for 37 private historically black colleges and universities. UNCF was incorporated on April 25, 1944 by Frederick D. Patterson (then president

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Snoop Dogg is an American rapper who is famous for his gangster image and rap meets reggae style of music. He was born Calvin Broadus on October 20, 1971 in Long Beach, California to Beverly Broadus and Vernall Varnado. His father was a war veteran and singer, who was rarely present in his

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Debra L. Lee is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BET Networks. In this role, Lee runs the leading provider of entertainment for the African-American audience and consumers of Black culture globally. Under Lee’s leadership, BET Networks has become a successfully reinvigorated brand with

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Pugh, Mary E. (1959- )

Mary E. Pugh, founder of Pugh Capital Management, a successful investment firm in Seattle, was the first black woman and youngest person to be named Senior Vice President at Washington Mutual Savings Bank. Born to a Boeing engineer father and real estate agent mother, Pugh’s family lived

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Unrest spread throughout the Middle East in January 2011. First, Tunisias president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali stepped down amid widespread protests against corruption, unemployment, and the repressive police state. Demonstrations followed in Yemen and Algeria. In Egypt, opposition groups and

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Bruce S. Gordon

Bruce S. Gordon was President and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Gordon was appointed to the NAACP leadership position in August 2005. During his 19 month tenure, Gordon added more than 100,000 members and associates to the

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A Biography of Marcus Garvey and His Views Defined

No Marcus Garvey biography would be complete without defining the radical views that made him a threat to the status quo. The life story of the Jamaican-born activist starts well before he came to the United States following World War I, when Harlem was an exciting place for African-American

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The Trillion Dollar African American Consumer Market: Economic Empowerment or Economic Dependency?

Collective African American net income (spending power) now exceeds $1 trillion dollars annually. Because of this economic reality, a wide variety of contemporary companies continually create marketing campaigns to effectively reach this important segment of the U.S. consumer market. Yet, in the

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Ralph F. Boyd, Jr. is Chief Executive Officer Serves on Board of Directors for: of the Americas Region for the Urban Land Institute (ULI), a global, multidisciplinary, member-driven real estate organization dedicated to responsible land use and building thriving, sustainable

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Egbert L. J. Perry

Egbert L.J. Perry is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Integral Group, LLC, a company with a mission to “create value in cities and (re)build the fabric of communities.” In this role, Perry is a real estate, construction and community development professional that has

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Gloster B. Current Jr.

Gloster B. Current Jr. retired in 2009 from Northwestern Mutual of Milwaukee, WI, as Vice President-Corporate Affairs and Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer. He also held the positions of Vice President-Corporate Planning, and Vice President of the company’s policy owner services

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Brett J. Hart is Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel for

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Black History Month - African American Inventors

Patent absrtact - A smoke detector that comprises three different power sources. First one is the 110/220 volt AC house current, through a step down transformer or that can be hard wired into the home or factory. Second one is a moveable 9 volts rechargeable backup battery. Third one is a solar

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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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National Black Chamber of Commerce

The National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) was incorporated as The National Black Chamber of Commerce, Inc., in 1993. It is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nonsectarian organization dedicated to the economic empowerment of African American communities. Additionally, the organization indicates that it

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Huggins, Joseph (1951- )

Ambassador Joseph Huggins is a retired Career Diplomat who on November 15, 2002 was nominated by President George W. Bush to serve as Ambassador to Botswana. Following U.S. Senate confirmation, Huggins arrived in Gaborone, the capital, where he served from January 28, 2003 until July

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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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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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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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