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By Anslem Samuel | Published March 29, 2011 | Full size is 359 × 479 pixels

On recording black business milestones "What has made my chest swell with pride has been our prescience in identifying African Americans who literally changed the world in which we live and work. It was BLACK ENTERPRISE that first brought the late deal maker extraordinaire Reginald Lewis to the attention of the world and chronicled his development of TLC Beatrice into the first black-owned billion-dollar company. It was BLACK ENTERPRISE who foretold the rise of American Express’ Ken Chenault to the CEO’s chair of one of the nation’s 500 largest corporations and reported the ascension of other business leaders of the new millennium."

On recording black business milestones “What has made my chest swell with pride…