by divimachine | Feb 10, 2023 | African American History
Kourtney Gibson is an American entrepreneur and currently Senior Executive Vice President at Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA). Prior to joining TIAA, she was Executive Vice Chairman of Loop Capital, a private investment banking firm....
by Rozen-WheelerAdam | Sep 17, 2017 | African American History, People
At a time when educated, skilled, and ambitious African Americans were systematically excluded from even middle management positions in large white-controlled businesses, for decades, Charles H. Dodge remained one of the extremely rare persons in the nation to occupy...
by ElkholyAymanTarek | Jun 21, 2011 | African American History, People
Richard Robert Wright Sr., college founder and banker, was born into slavery on May 16, 1855, near Dalton, Georgia. After the Civil War ended Wright’s mother moved with her son to Atlanta, Georgia where he attended the Storrs School, an institution founded by the...
by TurnerCory | Jun 30, 2008 | African American History, People
James Carroll Napier, a 19th century Nashville businessman and civil rights leader, was born near Nashville, Tennessee on June 9, 1845, to free parents William C. and Jane E. Napier. Napier attended a private school for free black children in Nashville and then in...
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