Mel Farr, Former NFL Running Back and Business Titan, Dies at 70
Mel Farr, former Detroit Lions running back and black business titan whose company dominated the BE 100s Auto Dealers list, died at 70 in his home Aug. 3.
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Areas With The Worst COVID-19 Cases Overwhelmingly Voted for Trump
In counties with the highest number of new cases of COVID-19, 93% of those counties voted for President Donald Trump, according to the Associated Press.
34. American Product Distributors Inc.
With revenues topping more than $125 million in 2008, American Product Distributors Inc. is North Carolina’s largest black-owned company. Founded in 1992, BE 100s CEO C. Ray Kennedy has grown...
35 Years Later, Tracy Chapman Makes History As The First Black Woman Songwriter To Hit No. 1 On The Country Charts
Tracy Chapman became the first Black woman to top the country charts as the sole songwriter
45 Great Moments in Black Business – No. 15: Black Investment Banks and Google’s $2.7 Billion IPO
At the time, Blaylock & Partners was No. 2 on Black Enterprise's BE 100s list of black investment banks. Two other BE 100 firms, M.R. Beal & Co. and Utendahl Capital, also were underwriters on the transaction.