tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-93257232012-01-20T21:39:30.470-08:00This site is brought to you by the National Black Business Trade Association (NBBTA). It is our tribute to the "entrepreneurial spirit" alive and well within the Black commUNITY. Post a comment on any one listed here. You may submit as many as you'd like. We want to hear what you think about these "ordinary people" who have done extraordinary things. It's time to tell our own story in our own words. - Lee Green, ChairmanBlack Entrepreneur's Hall of Famehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15513976923386572806noreply@blogger.comBlogger661100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9325723.post-27195517495601311972008-02-23T11:38:00.001-08:002008-02-23T11:39:35.786-08:00

One of the most sought-after and controversial speakers in the United States, Tony Brown (born 1933) also hosts "Tony Brown's Journal," one of the Public Broadcasting Station's longest-running shows. He hosts the syndicated radio call-in show "Tony Brown" at WLIB AM New York and his books include "Empower the People" and "Black Lies, White Lies". Most of his efforts are geared toward encouraging

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http://www.youtube.com/oliviaspeaks - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Black History Month celebration observations. - http://www.oliviaspeaks.com

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The National Black Business Trade Association (NBBTA), is looking to identify new potential nominees for our Black Entrepreneur's Hall of Fame.Do you have any suggestions?Please post them here for consideration.Thanks

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At BlackBusinessSpace you can connect with your friends and associates, invite them, post listings, and join groups. It's very different, it's easy, and it's viral -- Its FREE to join. Plus you can upgrade at any time.Its like a "MySpace" for Black business owners, entrepreneurs and professionals.To check it out, click the Web link below. (If this link doesn't work, copy it into your browser.)

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Black Innovators and Entrepreneurs Under Capitalism By Andrew BernsteinThe historical injustices against black Americans have been numerous and prolonged. But despite slavery, racism and Jim Crow laws, many blacks have achieved an exceptionally high level of accomplishment in the United States. It is yet another injustice that the stories of these great black achievers are unknown to most

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How did Russell Simmons turn a little record label being run out of a dorm room into a half-billion dollar enterprise that crosses fashion, consumer credit, and movies?How has Sean Combs, now simply Diddy, been able to run a half-dozen companies, win an award as a fashion designer, work as an artist and producer, star in a broadway play, and run the New York Marathon?Who in the business world had

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The story of UniverSoul Circus founder and CEO Cedric Walker is a fascinating one. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Walker's entrepreneur spirit started at the young age of 6. He was determined to make extra money. He shined shoes. He sold such things as Christmas cards, Kool Aid Popsicles, and fruits and vegetables from a horse-drawn cart. He even collected for UNICEF. As a child his mother often

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Fame is a fleeting thing. It doesn't last forever, but our memories of those who came before us should never be forgotten. Our love is what is unbreakable.This is for all the great entrepreneur's both living and dead. Those who's names are legendary and those who were legends locally, regionally or on your corner.The Black entrepreneur has survived and thrived and is to be remembered for being at

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It is a rare and significant occasion when a musical artist captures and expresses the sentiments of a generation and expands his horizons to make an impact on society, creating a union between music and life. Sean Combs is undoubtedly among this very select, very small group. With the roots of his talent stemming from rap and hip-hop but reaching way beyond those parameters, Sean has torn down

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He was an African- American businessman and multi-millionaire. An inspiring man he made a way for himself when there was no way. Born Arthur George Gaston in the racially segregated Demopolis, Alabama, he never went beyond the 10th grade in school. He founded the Booker T. Washington Insurance Co. in Birmingham in 1923 with $500 and began selling insurance policies to steel workers. Gaston’s

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Omar Wasow, 35, is pursuing a doctorate in African American studies and political science at Harvard. In addition to his graduate work, Omar is the co-founder of BlackPlanet.com and an on-air technology analyst. Under Omar’s leadership BlackPlanet.com became the leading site for African Americans, reaching over three million people a month. As a strategic advisor to Community Connect Inc., the

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"MOUTH-TO-MIND RESUSCITATION" tmAUDIO INTERVIEWS, COMMENTARIES & LECTURE SERIESThe world's first Black business talk syndicated radio network online using podcasting technology to reach millions of potential listeners. A production of the National Black Business Trade Association (NBBTA).A power-packed collection of online radio shows. Featuring interviews and commentaries from Black and other

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Since the store opened in 1999, Brooklynites - and an ever-growing number of celebrities - have flocked to the Carol's Daughter boutique in Fort Greene for its all-natural, hand crafted body-care products. Now, with the release of her courageous, tell-all memoir, "Success Never Smelled So Sweet: How I Followed My Nose and Found My Passion," Price is offering her fans something even more

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He preached economic independence and he lived it. As in the case of many great people, his death was quietly reported in the news media. There was no fanfare and little editorial comment. Yet there is no doubt that the life of S. B. Fuller will stand out as a remarkable achievement, not only in the annals of black history, but as part of the history of free enterprise. When he died on October 27

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Dr. Robert S. Shumake is the founder of Inheritance Investment Group, a Michigan based real estate investment and development firm. As founder and president, Dr. Shumake invests, manages and develops commercial and residential real estate. Dr. Shumake has implemented policies and funding strategies to raise capital for small businesses, mortgage loans, commercial leasing and specialized financing

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Dr. Juliet E.K. Walker explores the history of black businesses, such as the one pictured here. Austin car dealership Pavilion Lincoln Mercury is one of the largest black-owned businesses in the country. When Oprah Winfrey became America’s first black female billionaire, Forbes magazine took note. The major news networks took note. And Dr. Juliet E.K. Walker, professor in the Department of

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"I think street-smarts are more important than book-smarts but luckily I have both." --Kwame Jackson Kwame Jackson is polished, confident and credentialed with prestigious Wall Street experience, a University of North Carolina Chapel Hill degree, a Harvard MBA, and business lessons he learned from Donald Trump in front of 22 million people each week, on the hit show “The Apprentice.” His

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Tom Joyner earned the nickname "The Fly Jock" and "The Hardest Working Man in Radio" by working long hours and flying between his morning job (in Dallas, Texas) and afternoon job (in Chicago, Illinois) every weekday for years.Tom Joyner grew up in the town of Tuskegee, Alabama. He is one of two sons. His mother was a secretary for the military and his father served as a Tuskegee Airman. His

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"I'm going to take over the world," boasts Damon Dash. "My company will be worth billions of dollars—maybe worth a quarter of a trillion." The CEO of Roc-a-Fella Records and RocaWear clothing is standing in his 6,500-square-foot home in Manhattan's TriBeCa district. There's a Brunswick fawn-colored pool table, two Cruisin' in Exotica racecar arcade games, a mug shot of Frank Sinatra, and a

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It's the golden hour in Las Vegas, the late afternoon time when the sun folds its hand, casting one final glow over the desert city before being overtaken by mountaintops and glistening neon lights.Fresh off a six-hole golf fix in sweltering 106-degree weather, Don Barden seems to enjoy the serenity of the moment. He takes a long drag off an expensive cigar as his smoke-filled limo rolls along

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The Praline Connection began as a home delivery service targeting career women who were too busy to prepare home cooked meals for their families.Cecil and Curtis opened their first location on Frenchman Street, in New Orleans, LA in 1990 and the rest has been culinary history. The Praline Connection serves "down-home" cajun-creole style soul food at affordable prices and features three

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A black customer base means everything to Vera Warren-Williams, owner of Community Book Center. "That's why I exist," she says, sitting in the back of her Broad Street building, in one of a group of folding chairs that is a familiar meeting place for many local activists and community members. In an hour, a group of people will be sitting here planning this year's Kwanzaa celebrations. But right

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Dooky Chase Restaurant, New Orleans, LALeah Chase, "the Queen of Creole Cuisine," was born January 6, 1923, in Madisonville, Louisiana, of Catholic Creole parents. She was sent to New Orleans in 1937 to live with her aunt and to attend St. Mary's Academy for high school. Her first job out of school was at the Oriental Laundry in the French Quarter. A week later, Chase was hired by the Colonial

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Born into a poor family in Arkansas, Johnson went into business with a $500 loan secured by his mother's furniture and built a publishing and cosmetics empire that made him one of the wealthiest and most influential black men in the United States. Beyond his own economic stature, Johnson broke ground by bringing positive portrayals of blacks into a mass-market publication and encouraging

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Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Valerie Daniels-Carter is founder and CEO of V & J Holding Company, Inc., and owner of 137 restaurants with a total $70 billion in sales.As President and CEO of the country's largest African-American- owned restaurant franchise, Valerie and her brother, John Daniels, a lawyer own V & J Foods Holding Companies Inc., which controls 96 Pizza Huts, and 41 Burger Kings

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Playing for the Detroit Pistons in 1990, Vinnie Johnson -- known as "The Microwave" because he could instantly heat up the Pistons' offense -- hit the title-clinching shot in the NBA finals. Today Johnson is manhandling the competition in a different arena, as chairman of the Piston Group, a Detroit-based automotive supply company with nearly 500 employees and $227 million in 2003 sales. Johnson

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The Next Black Power MovementThe boom in African-American entrepreneurship isn't just a business story. It's also a logical extension of the civil rights struggle. Here's why.By David J. DentThe small brick church on Dexter Avenue in Montgomery may seem modest--it has only 250 members--but in fact it is legendary. In a previous life it was the headquarters from which a young Martin Luther King Jr

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FUBU CEO Daymond John is all about endless possibilites. What began in 1992 as a hat business run by John and his friends from a basement in Queens, NY is today a $450 million enterprise that's revolutionized the fashion industry and helped define the look of young America. John is a product of a young child's aspirations to be more than a storeowner, but rather the head of a corporation. He has

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Leon Isaac Kennedy has generated millions of dollars through his movies, through his real estate deals and through his entrepreneurial efforts. Additionally, Leon has put together a brain trust of millionaires. Leon teaches and shares the knowledge (the real wealth) from himself and others who have actually done it, made millions of dollars!Leon, known for his classic action flicks, such as

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Jerry Roebuck is a native Harlem resident. He has spent his lifetime teaching and providing business opportunities for young and old alike. His life reflects a commitment to attaining entrepreneurial success, both for himself and others.At the early age of 12 he was already holding street fairs in Harlem. By his late teens he was hosting parties and soon became one of NYC's biggest club promoters

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Susan L. Taylor is editorial director of ESSENCE magazine. Taylor has been the driving force behind one of the most celebrated African American owned business success stories of the past three decades. She oversees the editorial operations of the magazine and writes the popular In the Spirit column each month. A fourth-generation entrepreneur, Taylor was the founder of her own company, Nequai

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I was there from the very beginning of Black Entertainment Television. My former husband, Bob Johnson, and I conceived the idea together, and as a supportive spouse, I helped him with all the grunt work in getting the network started in 1980. We had a main financier, John Malone, who put up half a million dollars for the start-up. But I signed the loan to get the seed money and office space

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Sport magazine once dubbed Dave Bing "Mr. Unsung-About." A high-scoring guard who quietly triumphed over injury and went about his business for 12 seasons in the NBA, he then quietly went on to off-court success as a self-made industrial magnate. The buzz of celebrity never seemed to attract the speedy Bing, who excelled in an NBA era rich in backcourt legends that included Jerry West, Oscar

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March 26th, is the date that we celebrate the birth of William Alexander Leidesdorff, in 1810. He was an African-American businessman and explorer. Leidesdorff was born in St. Croix, Virgin Islands, to a Danish father and an African mother. He was a merchant captain first in New York, then New Orleans, and, by 1841, in California. While in Louisiana he became a wealthy cotton broker. Leidesdorff

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Hello CommUNITY,You are invited to post here and tell us in your own words:"Why is Black Entrepreneurship Important"Those testimonials selected will be posted on our site for anyone tohear ... be inspired, motivated and learn. The power of the writtenword can break the yokes that bind. As a leader, your vision, experience and outlook are vital in helping to make change.Its time to Take

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Juanita Britton bet against the naysayers who swore men don't like to shop. People said she was crazy to think guys running through airport terminals would risk missing a flight to buy clothing. Today Britton is the owner of nine stores, including two Brooks Brothers, all located in airports. Who's crazy now?Britton is the only African-American franchisee for the nation’s oldest clothier, Brooks

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Founder of Pro-Line and philanthropist Comer Joseph Cottrell was born December 7, 1931 in Mobile, Alabama. His parents, Comer J., Sr. and Helen Smith Cottrell were black Catholics. As a youngster, Cottrell and his brother, Jimmy, turned a pair of bunnies into a business, including selling their progeny as Easter bunnies, meat and fur. Cottrell attended Heart of Mary Elementary and Secondary

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Sylvia's Restaurant of Harlem, located at 328 Lenox Avenue, New York, NY, is owned by the Woods family which consists of Herbert and Sylvia Woods, their four children - Van, Bedelia, Kenneth, Crizette and a third generation of grandchildren.The entire family and a great group of employees have worked together to make Sylvia's a world famous African-American owned business.Sylvia's is where you

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Born in Kosciusko, Mississippi, Oprah Winfrey was reared by her grandmother on a farm where she "began her broadcasting career" by learning to read aloud and perform recitations at the age of three. From age six to 13, she lived in Milwaukee with her mother. After suffering abuse and molestation, she ran away and was sent to a juvenile detention home at the age of 13, only to be denied admission

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George Fraser is the author of two books including the critically acclaimed bestseller, Success Runs In Our Race; The Complete Guide to Effective Networking in the African American Community. He is also the creator and publisher of the award winning Success Guide, The Networking Guide to Black Resources. Over the last nine years, twenty versions of Success Guide have been published for nine

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Karl Kani has always had a flair for fashion. As a young man growing up in Brooklyn, Kani, along with his friends, never wore what everyone else wore. “When we were growing up, all of my friends [and I], used to get a lot of our clothes tailor-made,” he explains.Not content to just be the best dressed cat at a party, Kani, born Carl Williams, took it a step forward. “[I] realized that this [could

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From homelessness to sheer bliss, thirty five-year old playwright, director, producer and actor Tyler Perry is truly riding high! Within the span of only six years, he went from being "out on the streets" to "selling out" theaters wherever he goes. He has done it with not only one show - but with seven shows having successfully toured the nation and thus creating a change in the history of Black

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Reggie Fowler's journey to the brink of majority ownership of a National Football League franchise began forty-six years ago. One of five children from a military family, Mr. Fowler spent most of his formative years in Tucson, Arizona.His first job was in his father's restaurant, known throughout Tucson's African American community as a signature, high-quality establishment. Mr. Fowler cooked,

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At one time African-American hair care was of interest only to African Americans. Today conglomerates like L'Oreal and Alberto-Culver have purchased most of the companies competing in the black hair-care market. Dudley Products, founded in 1967, is one of the few black-owned firms left. Joe Dudley and his wife, Eunice, spent their 20s mixing shampoo and beauty-product formula by night, which Joe

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Twenty years ago, a divorce ex-school teacher had children to support, a family secret and a dream. Michele Hoskins’ determination to “leave my daughters a business instead of just a recipe was the inspiration for Michele Foods. Hoskins grew up the only daughter with two brothers in a home with loving, hardworking parents. “From a young age my parents told me, ‘Anything the mind can conceive can

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Farrah Gray -- 20-year-old entrepreneur, venture capitalist and self-made millionaire -- likes recipes. That’s why one of his favorite sayings is, "If they’re going to give me lemons, then I’m going to make lemonade, lemon pie." This proved handy. Raised in the projects of East Chicago, Gray learned at an early age how to make any sour ball sweet."People tell me, 'Boy, you were just born

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The Island Def Jam Music Group, a division of Universal Music Group, the world's leading music company, announced Grammy Award-winning superstar Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter to President & CEO of Def Jam Recordings. The announcement was made today by Antonio "LA" Reid, Chairman of The Island Def Jam Music Group, to whom Jay-Z reports. In addition Jay-Z will continue to run Roc-A-Fella, which was

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Black Entertainment TelevisionJohnson sold his cable network, BET, to Viacom for $3 billion in 2000. Since then he has become the first African-American owner of an NBA franchise, the Charlotte Bobcats, and is building a national bank catering to blacks.When it came to selling BET, it was purely a business decision. Some people at the time thought the company should stay in black hands, but keep

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Rush CommunicationsAs co-founder of Def Jam Records and founder of Rush Communications and the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, Simmons introduced rap music and hip-hop culture to mainstream America.Race matters a great deal in many businesses. In my business, race and culture can be used to your advantage. Hip-hop has transcended race, and the African-American cultural experience has become the

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Johnson Development Corp.Trading in his nickname, 'Magic,' for 'Mr. Johnson' around the office, the NBA Hall of Famer runs a $500 million inner-city empire that includes movie theaters, restaurants, athletic clubs, and shopping malls.Yes, race matters. I've based my business on it. I wanted to show the business world that you can be successful in minority communities. It was uncharted waters and

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Howell graduated from Hyde Park High School in Chicago and went on to attend Barnard College, Columbia University in New York City where she received her B.A. in Psychology. Determined to go to school and see the world, she then headed for Berkeley, CA where she attended the University of California at Berkeley and became, to her knowledge, the first Black woman to receive a Ph.D. from the

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As Owner and Chairman of the Harlem Globetrotters, Mannie Jackson has achieved a dramatic and extraordinary corporate turnaround. A former Globetrotter player himself, Jackson revived the near-bankrupt organization into one of the most admired and publicized teams in the world, while increasing revenue five-fold and rebuilding the fan base to record levels. The team's resurrection was not only in

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Celebrating our hard won success means more than examining the role that racism and prejudice continue to play. Activists like Fannie Lou Hammer, Malcolm X, Mary McLeod Bethune, A. Phillip Randolph, and our own family members and church leaders continue to fight these forces. In addition, we need to acknowledge the battles raging within ourselves in order to create the self-affirming,

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Ken Bridges is Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board and President of MATAH Network. Before Co-Founding the MATAH Network, Ken served as President of All America Video Productions. This company was dedicated to producing video projects that present people of African descent in a positive light. However, what Ken is known most for is his success in building network marketing businesses. He knows

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"I got my start by giving myself a start." - Madame CJ Walker Sarah Breedlove McWilliams Walker, better known as Madame CJ Walker or Madame Walker, and Marjore Joyner revolutionized the hair care and cosmetics industry early in the 20th century. Madame CJ Walker was born in 1867 in poverty-stricken rural Louisiana. The daughter of former slaves, she was orphaned at the age of seven, then

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J. Bruce Llewellyn has distinguished himself nationally as an entrepreneur, as a public official, and as a role model in the American business community. He is Chairman of the Board and CEO of The Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company, the nation’s largest Black-owned firm.Mr. Llewellyn was born in Harlem, his parents having immigrated to America from Jamaica. They were highly motivated people

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Reginald F. Lewis was an African American born to a working class family on December 7, 1942, in East Baltimore. He was born during a time when no one had heard of Martin Luther King, Jr., or civil rights, or integration. Blacks at that time could not try on clothes or shop at many downtown stores. they couldn't eat in certain restaurants or go to certain movie theaters. From his youth Lewis

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In spite of humble beginnings in post-Civil War Richmond, Virginia, Maggie Lena Walker achieved national prominence as a businesswoman and community leader. Her business acumen, personality, and lifelong commitment to a beneficial burial society fueled her climb to success. She was the first woman in the United States to found a bank. As a leader her successes and vision offered tangible

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We're bulding a Black Business Network. We invite you to join our efforts at support and encouraging Black entrepreneurship worldwide. Entrepreneurs have always been in the Black Community. We must continue in that tradition of self-help.National Black Business Trade AssociationBlack Business SpaceBlack Business Builders Club

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Cathy Hughes of Radio One. I have been listening to her every since I was 10 years old. If it were not for her vigilance and drive for wanting to inform and keep the Black community aware of what is going on, I would not know half of what I do today.WOL-AM (Washington, DC) is as much a part of my life as my family and it is the station I rely on for my news. If they don't report it, I don't get

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('Arabbing' is a term used to describe the activities of a group of small scale entrepreneurs -- mostly Black and male -- who for more decades than anyone can remember have hired horses and carts to carry a variety of food items to the neighborhoods of Baltimore.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I must pay tribute to the brothers who sold

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Mr. Graves has been a leading force and voice for the African-American business community for almost 30 years. He has continued steady in expanding the organizational structure of Black Enterprise. He stands for commitment, dedication, diligence, honesty, and integrity in his personal and professional life.To me, he is the epitome of "success is a journey, not a destination; success is meeting

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Madam C.J.Walker, John H. Johnson and other Black entrepreneurs began with meager resources. Necessity, vision, and courage to act are the historical catalysts behind many successful Black businesses.Orphaned at age 6, a wife at age 14, and a widow at age 20, Madam C.J. Walker became a laundress to support herself and her family. In addressing her own haircare needs, she developed a straigtening

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A Pioneer in Manufacturing and International Trade. He departed us on Saturday January 24, 1998. His legacy in the business world is widely known throughout Europe, the Carribean and Africa. His company, HAIRLOX, is one of the few Black manufacturers with market penetration throughout the world. In addition to thousands of US retailers, wholesalers and retail chain stores in 43 states, HAIRLOX

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One of the most controversial figures to emerge from post World War I America. Marcus Garvey became a champion of Black rights, as the charismatic leader of the "Back to Africa" movement, which sought to establish a central homeland for Blacks. Born on the island of Jamaica in 1887, Garvey was a self-taught orator with a magnetic personality.He began his fight for Black rights by forming the

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