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The Legal Face of Diversity

After practicing law for nearly eight years, by 2003, B. Seth Bryant had reached a crossroad. He was feeling stagnant after serving four years in the corporate department of Morrison & Foerster L.L.P., a firm specializing in legal services in business and litigation. So he decided to branch out on his own. Bryant’s first attempt at entrepreneurship resulted in a seven-lawyer corporate boutique called Bryant Law Group P.C., but after Adorno & Yoss, L.L.P., the largest certified minority-owned law firm in the U.S., acquired it, he returned to private law.

Adding Diversity Into the Equation
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Adding Diversity Into the Equation

Less than a year after Teri Quinn Gray began working as a research manager for DuPont she faced job uncertainty due to corporate restructuring. As anxiety grew among Quinn Gray and her colleagues, she was upset by a comment from one of her co-workers. A white male scientist said to her: “Your job is safe because you’re black and female.”

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Pushing for Diversity in Communications

Waves of major mergers and media consolidations have spelled trouble for African-American ownership in the communications arena. African American representation among senior level executives has not fared much better. After the repeal of the Minority Tax Certificate in 1995 and the enactment of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, the number of minority-owned broadcast facilities decreased by 40% in just two years later.

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