THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTORY
Tags: AFRICAN Americans -- History; STEWARD, Elaine Weddington; THOMAS, Franklin A.; LAWYERS; AFRICAN American women; WOMEN executives; CORPORATE presidents
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- This Week In Black History. // Jet;2/2/2004, Vol. 105 Issue 5, p24
Discusses issues in the history of Afro-Americans in the U.S. Appointment of Elaine Weddington Steward at professional baseball organization Boston Red Sox in January 1990; Details of the appointment of Franklin A. Thomas, an attorney, at Ford Foundation, the country's largest private...
- THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTORY. // Jet;8/8/2005, Vol. 108 Issue 6, p19
Presents news briefs related to African American history. Formation of the U.S. National Bar Association (NBA) in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1925, by several African American lawyers; Report that Alice Coachman became the first African American female athlete to win an Olympic gold medal at the...
- Starting over. Thompson, K.D. // Black Enterprise;Aug88, Vol. 19 Issue 1, p58
Part of a special report: Black Women in Corporate America. More and more black women are fleeing the corporate nest to spread their entrepreneurial wings. Statistics; Examples; Where to get information on entrepreneur organizations.
- At the crossroads. King, S.R. // Black Enterprise;Aug88, Vol. 19 Issue 1, p45
Part of a special report: Black Women in Corporate America. Profiles several black women in the upper echelons; Opportunities and barriers; Why so few make it to the top; Internationalism of the marketplace; Breaking into the corporate club. INSET: The path to the executive suite.;Detoured by...
- Executive edge. Alexander, E. Porter // Essence (Essence);Mar1989, Vol. 19 Issue 11, p53
Profiles ten black women who are high-level executives in major companies. Gives career advice.
- Breaking ranks. Alexander, E. Porter // Essence (Essence);Sep89, Vol. 20 Issue 5, p87
Presents a discussion by five black female executives of how their high-ranking jobs are affected by problems of racism among their white colleagues, and how their personal lives are affected by their jobs.
- Black women managers behind in workforce. // Jet;3/20/89, Vol. 75 Issue 24, p7
Reports that black women are not well represented in managerial positions.
- THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTORY. // Jet;4/25/2005, Vol. 107 Issue 17, p20
Highlights events in African American history. Election of Charlie Sifford, the first African American winner of the Professional Golfer Association (PGA) tournament, to the World Golf Hall of Fame on April 22, 2004; Report that Charlotte E. Ray became the first African American woman to pass...
- June Terry: Making Black history and style. Angaza, Maitefa // New York Amsterdam News;3/5/2009, Vol. 100 Issue 10, p7
The article features June Terry, a creative senior from New York who brings African American history to stylish life. She has worked as a clothing designer, African fashion and textiles consultant and off-Broadway costumer and set designer. She made history as the first model to wear an Afro in...
