According to the U.S. Census Bureau, only 11 percent of lawyers are minorities, compared to approximately 25 percent of physicians/surgeons, 21 percent of accountants and 18 percent of college and university teachers. Nationally, about 5 percent of law firm partners are Black. Inside, we profile attorneys who are part of thw 5 percent.

Today, Forrest is vice president, general counsel, chief compliance officer and secretary of Minerals Technologies Inc., a global company that develops and markets minerals and related products, systems and services.

Phillip Isom is a partner in the New York City office of O’Melveny & Myers L.L.P., where he specializes in the formation of private investment funds.

Ackneil M. Muldrow III is a partner in the mergers and acquisitions service of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P., one of the world’s largest law firms.

At 34, Tindall became Hawkins’ first African-American partner. He moved on to successful careers at other law firms before joining Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge in 2007.

If no more for the euphoria that has attended the election of Barack Obama as the nation’s 44th and first Black president of the United States, there is noticeable change in economic, political and cultural affairs.

The Green movement has been gaining momentum in the business world; more companies seem to be concerned with their responsibility to protect the environment. Vault.com recently released its first digital-only book depicting various Green company programs.

Van Eck Global, a money management firm in New York City, launched its African Index ETF on July 10 to give U.S. investors an opportunity to invest directly in African equity markets.

Marcus Mosiah Garvey, one of the greatest leaders of the African race, wrote this in 1923: “I saw the injustice done to my race because it was Black and I became dissatisfied on that account.

When you run your own business, it may seem there’s never anything but difficult times. The rules of good management apply no matter what the economy is doing at a particular moment.

African-American and other minority-owned banks are a bright spot in the collapse of the subprime mortgage market that has upended Wall Street and threw the global financial and banking industries into turmoil.

On Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, Sen. Barack Obama, an Illinois democrat, was elected the 44th and first Black president of the United States. In his victory speech at Grant Park in Chicago, he describes a journey that is just beginning. Here’s an edited excerpt:

The year 2008 was a perfect storm in the U.S. economy. Anything that could go wrong did. The world saw the results of years of bad habits that were allowed to continue unabated.

Many grandparents are eager to provide some financial assistance to their children’s children. Here are some ideas for how to do that most effectively.

Cheryl R. Cooper, Robert Ingram, Roland Martin, Blondel A. Pinnock, Maxim Thorne and Roger C. Vann.

Thanks to falling prices of memory chips and computer hard disks, for example, the digital music player you buy today may cost the same as last year’s model, but may hold twice as much music.

Translucent images of long ago, of Black men and women, backs bent, picking cotton under an unforgiving sun, are artistically displayed on standing glass panels in a museum carved out of an old brick gin mill in the Mississippi Delta.

If you have knee pain and you are above age 40, the following information can help you determine your next steps.

This New Year, with the inauguration of Barack Obama, the first Black president of the United States, will be the most significant in American history. The following live jazz scenes will surely keeping you jumping in New York until the wee hours. Be sure to call for reservations.

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