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Breakfast at Ben's Chili Bowl

First foodies help turn icon into industry

11/29/2012 - 14:49

WASHINGTON -- No one was happier with the election results than Virginia Ali, who has continued--with her sons--the legacy her husband began with Ben's Chili Bowl in 1958 on U Street.

Just before the Inauguration four years ago, the President-elect Barack Obama came into the restaurant with the mayor of the nation's capital, ordered its signature half-smoke and paid with a $20 bill, telling the cashier "We straight."

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An answer for any city

Say Grace simplifies black cuisine

11/13/2012 - 03:29

SAN FRANCISCO -- Planning for the holidays is simpler and much tastier by counting on thousands of African-American restaurants to make your meal or gathering a real feast.  It is also a great way to generate economic development and jobs.

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Charlotte Education

The Land of Esteban Gomes

ReUNION Narrative: From Faith to Freedom Jan. 16-March 5 The Land of Esteban Gomez

01/18/2013 - 21:42

(c) 2013 ReUNION: Education-Arts-Heritage

ReUNION Narrative: From Faith to Freedom Jan. 16-March 5, 2013 4th Lesson

According to the National Park Service, Esteban Gomez, a sailor of African and Portuguese descent, was the second European explorer to visit what was to become New York City-- in 1524.

Having sailed with Magellan, Gomes was such a celebrity that the area he reached--attempting to find the Northwest Passage to India-- was described on a map as The Land of Esteban Gomes, now known as New England.

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Physics pioneers

ReUNION Narrative: LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE Jan. 16-March 5 Lesson 3

01/18/2013 - 12:59

(c) 2013 ReUNION: Education-Arts-Heritage

ReUNION Narrative: LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE Jan. 16 - March 5, 2013

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Charlotte Arts

Leidesdorff relative?

Come to the Water during S.F. Maritime Day April 28

04/23/2013 - 17:58

SAN FRANCISCO -- Come to the Water, a film, exhibit and book presentation of the African-American experience in San Francisco over the past 200 years, takes place from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 28 in Pier One as part of the San Francisco Maritime Day. observing the 150th anniversary of the Port of San Francisco.

John William Templeton will sign copies of his books Come to the Water: Sharing the Rich Black Experience in San Francisco and Cakewalk: an historical novel about the unsung creators of jazz and present the exhibition Gold Rush Abolitionists: the California Movement to Emancipation along with documentaries from ReUNION: Education-Arts-Heritage educational network such as The King Behind King, Bridges, Chavez and Mandela and Leidesdorff: A Man Without Boundaries.

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Black Money Piedmont

Financial Co-Pilot founder

The Financial CoPilot opens growth infrastructure to more entrepreneurs

02/02/2013 - 19:43

MIAMI -- Hugh Stewart's first two forays into business did not bear fruit, so he created or acquired another 18 companies in the last 12 years.

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Institutionalizing success

Success Secrets, Blackmoney, Jazz Management define diversity dividend

12/02/2012 - 17:09

SAN JOSE -- When the new editor of the San Jose Business Journal walked into a breakfast at the San Jose Athletic Club in 1987, he was surprised that four of the dozen technology business leaders welcoming him were African-American.

"They were pretty shocked that I was black too," recalls the author of Success Secrets of Black Executives (ASPIRE SAN FRANCISCO), first  African-American to edit a business newspaper.

John William Templeton soon organized a group called the Black Executive Forum, where one could only gain admittance with budget authority in excess of $10 million.  More than 200 eventually showed up for the monthly meetings.

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ELC seeks 500 more C-level, 200 more board members in Fortune 500

11/12/2012 - 20:13

WASHINGTON -- The Executive Leadership Council wants corporate boards to wake up and smell the coffee from the Nov. 6 election results.   A changing electorate is also a sign that business executive suites should change as well.

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