A biography of baseball legend Jackie Robinson (1919-1972), with a special emphasis on his childhood. Readers will learn how Robinson's family taught him to fight racism and how their strong influence helped him become the first African American to play major league baseball. Illustrated with photographs.
This work presents compelling profiles of the men and women behind today's most successful black businesses. Every year, "Black Enterprise" magazine announces the B.E.100, its exclusive list of the nation's 100 top-grossing, black-owned businesses. Representing more than $14 billion in annual revenue, these companies represent a vibrant and often ...
"Money has no color. If you can build a better mousetrap, it won't matter whether you're black or white. People will buy it." -A. G. Gaston Black Enterprise's 1992 Entrepreneur of the Century. For more than 25 years, Black Enterprise, the premier African American business magazine, has ranked and chronicled the B.E. 100s-its exclusive listing of ...
Highlighting certain socio-economic and cultural trends, this exploration discloses the new dynamics shaping contemporary lives of African Americans. Using information from conversations with mavericks within black communities - such as entrepreneurs, artists, scholars, and activists as well as members of both the working and upper classes - this ...
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