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The Network Journal named Uzzell one of its "40 Under Forty Achievers" in 2005 and one of "25 Most Influential Black Women in Business" in 2016. [6] She has received the General Electric African-American Forum's Icon Leadership Award.
Established in 1972, NAFE is an organization of businesswomen in the United States. It offers education, training, skills development, and networking to women in the business world. NAFE has over 60,000 members. The average NAFE member supervises approximately five people at work, and has at minimum a four-year college degree.
Catherine Liggins Hughes (born Catherine Elizabeth Woods; April 22, 1947) is an American entrepreneur, radio and television personality and business executive.She has been listed as the second-richest Black woman in the United States, after Oprah Winfrey.
Walker held many civic and business leadership positions in her life, but she is most well known for founding the Virginia-based St. Luke Penny Savings Bank in 1903, making her the first woman of ...
Why community is a key resource for Black business owners. Sara Belcher. September 23, 2024 at 9:02 AM. ... Butts noted that Black businesses — and Black woman-owned businesses, specifically ...
College president Booker T. Washington (1856–1915), who ran the National Negro Business League, was the most prominent promoter of black business. He moved from city to city to sign up local entrepreneurs into his national network the National Negro Business League. [25] [26]
Debra L. Lee (born August 8, 1954) is an American businesswoman. She was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BET, the parent company for Black Entertainment Television from 2005 to May 28, 2018.
The League included Negro small- business owners, doctors, farmers, other professionals, and craftsmen. Its goal was to allow business to put economic development at the forefront of getting African-American equality in the United States. Business was the main concern, but civil rights came next. A meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, on August 18 ...