by McClendonIIIJohnH | Sep 28, 2017 | African American History
Police official, business leader, and civil rights advocate Elbert T. Hudson was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, on November 16, 1920. Three years later, his family moved to Los Angeles, California. In 1924, his father, H. Claude Hudson, became president of the local...
by BrackettJohnK | Aug 4, 2017 | African American History, People
Arnold Donald is an American businessman and CEO of Carnival Corporation, headquartered in Miami, Florida. He has held the position since 2013. Prior to this position, he was a senior executive at Monsanto in St. Louis, Missouri. Donald was born in 1954 in New...
by ButlerGerry | Mar 26, 2017 | African American History, People
Herb Cawthorne, teacher, community leader, and news reporter, was born in Omaha, Nebraska, to Roosevelt and Edythe Odrene Cawthorne in June 1947. He is the youngest of four children, including John, Elsa, and Edythe. He attended North Des Moines High School in Omaha...
by PascoePeggy | May 14, 2016 | African American History, People
C. Payne Lucas, who co-founded Africare in 1970, established the most prominent and oldest predominately African American non-governmental organization (NGO). Since its founding, Africare has invested over $1 billion in development-related projects in thirty-five...
by Fearn-BanksKathleen | Mar 19, 2016 | African American History, People
Bernard J. Tyson was a leading figure within the field of healthcare and a notable African American businessman. Tyson was the chairman of the board and CEO of Kaiser Permanente. With 175,000 employees, including 18,000 physicians, and over ten million members in...
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