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A very interesting read with an unexpected ending!!! ---------------- A man called me last week to say a Chicago Public Schools teacher had called his daughter, who's African American, a racial slur. I assumed I knew the slur--you know the nasty little one that begins with "n." Still, I asked the man to tell me exactly what the teacher called his daughter. The man's response was so far from what I was expecting that ...More
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Wells Fargo Lends Half a Billion Dollars to African American Small Business Owners SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) today announced it has exceeded the midpoint of its $1 billion lending goal to African American business owners. More than $500 million has been lent through Wells Fargo's African American Business Services program since its inception in 1998. The program promotes outreach and education, along with access ...More
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CHICAGO, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- SaVoy magazine is re-launching this month under the new leadership of Jazzy Communications, a division of Chicago based Hartman Publishing Ltd., after being out of publication for more than a year. I am thrilled to be a part of the re-birth of SaVoy. It's an excellent magazine and I will make sure that Jazzy Communications preserves SaVoy's sophisticated, worldly, hip positioning," said Hermene Hartman publisher of ...More
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"Kevin Powell, activist and author, challenged African-American men to take control of their lives and break the cycle of violence and poverty..." "Powell told the men in his audience to improve in six areas: politics, economics, spirituality, culture, physical fitness and mental wellness. Powell felt that "blacks aren't being represented [in society]," but he said that it was important to be a registered voter so that there would be more African-Americans on ...More
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President of one of the largest African American-operated capital management firms in the world, Mellody Hobson was born April 3, 1969, in Chicago. Hobson is the youngest of six children, who range from nine to twenty-five years older than her. After graduating from St. Ignatius College Preparatory in 1987, Hobson attended Princeton University, where she received a B.A. from the Woodrow Wilson School of International Relations in 1991. While in college, ...More
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