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The 10 Most Important Black Business Luminaries
We asked. You answered. According to the results of the BlackEnterprise.com Businessperson of the Century poll, your selections for the top black business luminaries of the 20th century range from publishers to lawyers to civil rights activists. But they all... (Continue reading)
John H. Johnson: The Icon
Written on 10 Feb, 2009 at 17:19 in B.E. Titans | viewed 1,061 times | 0 Comments
John H. Johnson controlled one of the nation's largest black business empires and used his wealth and power to raise the social and economic status of African Americans... (Continue reading)
John Rogers: Inspiring Black Investors
Written on 10 Feb, 2009 at 17:15 in B.E. Titans | viewed 481 times | 0 Comments
John Rogers' slow and steady strategy has enriched millions of African Americans... (Continue reading)
Maynard Jackson: The Ultimate Champion for Black Business
Written on 10 Feb, 2009 at 17:14 in B.E. Titans | viewed 723 times | 0 Comments
In 1973 Maynard Jackson emerged on the scene when he was elected the firstblack mayor of atlanta and became a national force in business and politics over the next 30 years, he used his prowess to break the old boys... (Continue reading)
Maggie Lena Walker: The Making Of A Black Bank
Written on 10 Feb, 2009 at 17:12 in B.E. Titans | viewed 547 times | 1 Comment
Walker became the country's first woman president of a financial institution and founded one of the nation's oldest surviving black-owned banks... (Continue reading)
Oprah Means Business
Written on 10 Feb, 2009 at 17:11 in B.E. Titans, Women of Power Articles | viewed 1,817 times | 4 Comments
For the past 15 years, Oprah Winfrey repeatedly told her team that production of her daily talk show was only the beginning. “This is the foundation of greater things to come,” she would tell her managers as she developed a... (Continue reading)
Arthur G. Gaston: A Titan’s First Step
Written on 10 Feb, 2009 at 15:27 in B.E. Titans | viewed 732 times | 0 Comments
How an unknown coal miner from Birmingham, Alabama, became the 20th century's preeminent entreprenuer.... (Continue reading)
