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Burns takes the helm
Ursula Burns: An Historic Succession at Xerox
One female CEO will hand over the reins to another—a first for a major company. But Burns has her work cut out for her
By Nanette Byrnes and Roger O. Crockett
Ursula M. Burns isn’t one to savor victory—even if it’s being the first African American woman to lead a major U.S. corporation and [...]
African American athletes look for challenges after the games
By Dave Sheinin
The Washington Post
Friday, May 22, 2009
TALLAHASSEE — Not so long ago, you wouldn’t have needed to ask Peter Boulware what brought purpose to his life. Purpose was a three-point stance, a speed-rush and a quarterback planted in the turf. Purpose was staying strong, staying healthy, staying paid. Off the NFL field, where he [...]
Jobless Rates Hardest on African American and Hispanic men
By Jim Stinsin of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Kevin Hoock was the longest tenured employee at the Tyco Electronics Corp. plant in Brighton when he was laid off last September. The manufacturing supervisor had worked at the plant for 28 years.
He received a severance package and left with his 401(k) retirement savings. But eight months [...]
First African American woman to head a top Fortune 500 company
Ursula Burns to take over at Xerox
(From the London Times) Ursula Burns is living the American dream. The 50-year-old who grew up in public housing and started at Xerox as a photocopier engineer is about to take over the company.
Anne Mulcahy, Xerox chairman and chief executive, said yesterday that she would retire as chief executive in [...]
84 percent of African American families not financially secure
Millions of families experienced economic decline since 2000; households of color hardest hit
New York, NY–As the economic downturn continues, a new report finds that millions of African Americans and Latinos lost economic security between 2000 and 2006, and that more than four out of five are either borderline or at high risk of falling out [...]
Blacks and Jews come together to discuss poverty
(From the Baltimore Examiner)
The economic downturn has hit everyone regardless of race or religion. Baltimore’s communities are no different. On Monday evening, May 11, a group of thirty blacks and Jews came together for a symposium on Poverty. The event, which took place at the Episcopal Dieses Center downtown, was sponsored by the Black-Jewish Forum [...]
Chris Rock examines the meaning of “Good Hair”
• Chris Rock and Stephanie Palmer Nyah. Photograph courtesy of HBO. •
“Daddy, how come I don’t have good hair?”
That question, tearfully posed to comedian Chris Rock by his young daughter Lola, was all it took for Rock to travel the country (camera crew in tow) to find out what it actually means to have Good Hair, particularly in [...]
Wall Street Journal: Minority car dealers hit the hardest
By ALEX P. KELLOGG
Minority car dealers are expected to be hit hard as General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC trim their retail networks, undoing years of work by the auto makers to bring more African-Americans, Hispanics and others into the car business.
Chrysler on Thursday said it would drop 789 of its 3,200 dealers as part of its bankruptcy [...]
Study shows black women spend much more on skin care
A study by Essence magazine, in conjunction with Vision Critical Group, shows that African-American women spend nearly twice as much on skin care annually than the general market.
Essence magazine shared the results of its proprietary study, Smart Beauty IV (developed in conjunction with New York-based research firm Vision Critical Group) at the fourth installment of [...]
Black Chamber of Commerce Joins Fight Against Employee Free Choice Act
WASHINGTON, May 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Independent Women’s Forum, National Black Chamber of Commerce, the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the HR Policy Association launched a new web site today,www.EFCA-Info.org, developed to provide facts and information and to educate small business owners, employees and the middle class about the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) under consideration [...]