When Alexander B. Cummings Jr. addresses The Executive Leadership Council’s Mid-Level Managers Symposium dinner in Washington, D.C., this month, he will tell those who do not see Africa on their c

Hip-hop entrepreneurs have successfully maneuvered the genre’s appeal into multimillion-dollar enterprises, but now they are at a crossroads. Will they continue to simply feed America’s obsession

IBM’s supplier diversity program has gone global, and Michael K. Robinson is the new man at the helm. He is responsible for ensuring that minority suppliers are included in every procurement request

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When I was a teacher in Uganda in the early 1970s, I would travel the 200-mile distance from Kampala, the capital, to Fort Portal near the Congolese border by bus, and then take a taxi for another 10

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The picture cannot be grimmer. May the Lord help those of us who continue to do business as usual in America at a time when Black people are on the lowest rungs of the economic ladder and are steadily

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Does the National Collegiate Athletic Association unfairly harm and exploit the Black community? Boyce Watkins, Ph.D., assistant professor of finance at Syracuse University, argues that over a 40-year

I’ve received lots of letters and e-mails from people who are confused about how to determine what their income tax bracket is. They are understandably confused; for 2005, there are six brackets: 10

If you are Black and grew up in the baby boomer generation, there was one person who epitomized African-American business success. John H. Johnson was a role model to African-Americans well before the

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William T. Rolack Sr. William T. Rolack Sr. joined Adecco Employment Services as diversity manager for the Swiss company¹s U.S. operations. Rolack will be responsible for developing and implementing

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Most of us know the story of The Wizard of Oz from the 1939 movie that starred Judy Garland. This classic movie is the tale of Dorothy‚ a little girl from Kansas who ends up in a make-believe place

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Have you ever set out for work bleary-eyed, wishing you were independently wealthy so you could quit your job? Dennis W. Bakke, co-founder of the AES Corp. and now president and CEO of Imagine Schools

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