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McKinney, Samuel Berry (1926- )
Born on December 28, 1926 to Reverend Wade Hampton McKinney and Ruth Berry McKinney in Flint, Michigan, Samuel Berry McKinney would become a Baptist minister, author, and civil rights advocate in Seattle, Washington. He served as pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church, one of the largest and oldest
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Lydia H. Kennard
Lydia H. Kennard is President & Chief Executive Officer of KDG Construction Consulting. In this role, Kennard leads a company that provides program and construction management services to public and private sector clients throughout California and the Western United States. Kennard has also
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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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Herman Cain
Herman Cain is an experienced American author, politician and businessman, born on December 13, 1945 in Memphis, Tennessee. Born to a cleaning woman and a domestic worker, Cain grew up in a poor family but learnt what he understood as the true meaning of success. Through his father’s hard
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1945
Clarence Otis
Clarence Otis Jr. was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Darden Restaurants, Inc., the world’s largest full service restaurant operating company. In this role, Otis leveraged his extensive experience of over 20 years at Darden Restaurants into a range of senior management positions.Otis
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Herndon, Wanda J. (1952- )
In 1978, Wanda J. Herndon launched her successful career in corporate America when she became the first African American exempt professional and external hire in the Communicator Development Program of The Dow Chemical Company.  Later, she made significant contributions at other major
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31
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Craig Arnold
Craig Arnold is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Eaton Corporation. Arnold was appointed to his current position in June 2016, upon the retirement of the previous Chairman and CEO Alexander
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Rose McKinney-James
Rose McKinney-James is Managing Principal of Energy Works, LLC. In this
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Arthur H. Harper
Arthur H. Harper is Managing Partner of GenNx360 Capital Partners. In this role, Harper heads a private equity firm that is focused on business-to-business companies. Previously, Harper was President and Chief Executive Officer at General Electric Corporation, Equipment Services Division from 2002
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Akon
Akon is an American Hip Hop artist who has produced several platinum albums, appeared in television and film roles, received several Grammy nominations and owns two record labels. He was born Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Bongo Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam  in St. Louis, Missouri on April
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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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NAACP Elects Kweisi Mfume
Kweisi Mfume is unanimously elected President and CEO of the NAACP.
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John W. Thompson
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Ann M. Fudge
Ann M. Fudge was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Young & Rubicam Brands. Fudge has held a number of leadership positions during her corporate career. Previously, Fudge served in various leadership positions at Kraft Foods from 1986 to 2001, including President of Beverages, Desserts and
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Adams, R. Miller
R. Miller Adams focuses his efforts on the private equity component of Triad Capital Partners. Miller started his career practicing law in a downtown Seattle firm focusing on business, sports, and entertainment law and early stage technology companies. He then spent a decade as a senior executive
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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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Marvin Ellison
Marvin Ellison is Chief Executive Officer of JCPenney. Ellison has nearly 30 years of experience in the retail industry, spending the last 12 years at Home Depot. In his most recent position, Ellison led nearly 2,000 retail locations as Executive Vice President of U.S. stores. Prior to
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Paget L. Alves
Paget L. Alves was Chief Sales Officer for Sprint Corporation. In this role, Alves was responsible for consumer and business sales channels, as well as, Joint P&L responsibility with the CMO for Sprint’s wireless postpaid and prepaid business. He served as the highest-ranking sales
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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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Cheryl L. Shavers
Cheryl L. Shavers currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Global Smarts, Inc. an advisory services and strategy
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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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William D. Jones
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The Blood of Entertainers: The Life and Times of Jimi Hendrix's Paternal Grandparents
In the following article, Janie L. Hendrix, President and CEO of Experience Hendrix and  the younger sister of music legend Jimi Hendrix, reflects on the lives of their grandparents, Bertram Philander Ross Hendrix and Zenora Moore.  Her article reminds us of the rich entertainment heritage dating
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Debora A. Plunkett
Debora A. Plunkett is Chief Executive Officer at Plunkett Associates LLC, where she also provides consultation on cybersecurity, information assurance and management
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Frank M. Clark
Frank M. Clark was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), a unit of Chicago-based Exelon Corporation that delivers electricity to approximately 3.8 million customers. Clark has extensive community and civic involvements including being Co-Founder of the Rowe-Clark Math
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N. Anthony Coles
N. Anthony Coles, M.D. is Founding Investor, Chairman & CEO of Yumanity Therapeutics, a Cambridge, MA-based biotechnology company focused on transforming drug discovery for neurodegenerative diseases. Previously, Coles was Chairman and CEO of Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., which was acquired by
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Robert L. Johnson
Robert L. Johnson , in full Robert Louis Johnson (born April 8, 1946, Hickory, Miss., U.S.), American businessman, founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), and the first African American majority owner of a major professional sports team in the United
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Kelvin R. Westbrook
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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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Helene D. Gayle
Helene D. Gayle, M.D. was President and Chief Executive Officer of CARE USA, a nonprofit organization that implements programs that bring together varied stakeholders to address complex global social challenges. Currently, Gayle serves as CEO at McKinsey Social Initiative. An expert on global
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