black history month
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Richard Dean Parsons
Richard Dean Parsons, chairman of Citigroup, was born April 4, 1948 in Brooklyn, New York. Read more
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Henry Green Parks, Jr.
Henry Green Parks, Jr. was the first African American CEO to take his company, Parks Sausages Company, public in 1970. It was listed on the NASDAQ. He was born in 1916 in Athens, GA, but his family moved to Dayton, Ohio. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Ohio State University and did some Read more
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Joseph L. Searles III
On February 12, 1970, Joseph L. Searles III became the first black floor member and floor broker of the New York Stock Exchange. Read more
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Kenneth I. Chenault
Kenneth I. Chenault, the CEO of American Express, was born in 1952 in Long Island, New York. Read more
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