Tag Archives: Black History Month

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Ariel Investments John Rogers Talks Diversity, Business in Our ‘Impact Players’ Series

Rogers explains that he became interested in investing at a young age

Ariel Investments CEO John Rogers sits down with Reuters Impact Players host Robert Wolf in…

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So Many Tears: The Most Devastating Moments in Black History

Black Enterprise remembers some of Black history's most horrifying moments.

From Malcolm X to James Byrd, Jr., Black Enterprise looks back at some of Black…

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Private School History Project Re-Enacts Slavery for Fifth Graders

Black parents are outraged.

For Black History Month the school is requiring their fifth grade class to replicate slavery…

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Historic Black Enterprise Magazine Covers: Black America’s Economic Outlook, January 1984

Check out one of our historic Black Enterprise Magazine covers focusing on the economic outlook of black America.

BE was one of the first publications to establish a board of economists.

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Black History Month Quote of the Day: A. Barry Rand

Today we have a quote from the CEO of AARP, A. Barry Rand

Check out today’s quote.

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Black Birthdays for February 12th: RG III, Bill Russell and More

Check out who else is celebrating on this day

RG III, Bill Russell, Elle Varner and more

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Black History Month Facts of the Day: Feb 12th

Today’s Black History Month facts focus on the NAACP and Arsenio Hall.

Check out more at our Black History Month homepage.

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Check Out Our Black History Month Featured Content, Sponsored by MassMutual

Check out our daily quotes, facts, features and galleries of Black History Month content.

You will find a plethora of content that informs you on not only the past,…

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You Make Me Better…Most Iconic Black Business-Celebrity Relationships Ever

Which of these couples is your favorite?

Ossie and Ruby, Will and Jada and more

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NELSON MANDELA: Before becoming one of the most prolific figures in African history—and the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election—Mandela was an adoptee. Upon his birth father's death, Mandela was adopted as a young child by a tribal chief in his native East Cape Province, South Africa. After his adopted father died, he was again adopted, at the age of 9, by a tribal official and would grow up under his parenting until his late teens.

Black History Month Facts of the Day: Feb 11th

Today’s Black History Month facts focus on Nelson Mandela and Whitney L. Young.

Check out the rest of the facts.

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