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BLACK AMERICAN ENTREPRENEUERS

DAVID SEWARD
BLACK TECH BILLIONAIRE
FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF WORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY

TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEUR & EXECUTIVE

https://www.forbes.com/profile/david-steward/?sh=763eb1645626

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-29/st-louis-tech-billionaire-is-one-of-the-richest-black-americans

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/david-steward-sr

https://brooksysociety.com/2020/12/18/david-steward-biography/

https://www.blackentrepreneurprofile.com/news/article/david-steward-is-americas-newest-black-billionaire-and-richest-black-american/



OPRAH WINFREY

ENTREPRENEUR - MEDIA MOGUL

https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/watchingoprah

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/197558

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oprah-Winfrey

https://www.forbes.com/profile/oprah-winfrey/?sh=120f1cdd5745


IDA B. WELLS
ENTREPRENEUR, SOCIAL ENTREPREUR, POST CIVIL WAR ANTI-LYNCHING ADVOCATE & CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST

OWNER OF 2 BLACK NEWSPAPERS, CO-FOUNDER OF THE NAACP

https://www.nps.gov/people/idabwells.htm

https://www.essence.com/news/ida-b-wells-becomes-first-black-woman-with-a-chicago-street-named-after-her/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ida-B-Wells-Barnett

https://www.pbs.org/video/ida-b-wells-advocate/


THE REV. DR. MARTIN LUTERH KING, JR. & THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE (SCLC)

PIONEERING CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST WHO HELPED LAUNCH A PIVOTAL SOCIAL ENTERPRISE 

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR

https://nationalsclc.org/about/history/

https://www.nps.gov/subjects/civilrights/sclc.htm#:~:text=Martin%20Luther%20King%2C%20Jr%20.%2C%20Bayard%20Rustin%2C%20Ralph,South.%20The%20SCLC%20was%20founded%20in%20Atlanta%2C%20Georgia%2C

https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/southern-christian-leadership-conference-sclc



ELIJAH MCCOY
ENTREPRENEUR & REVOLUTIONARY INVENTOR
HIS INVENTION SPURRED THE PRHASE "THE REAL MCCOY" 

ENTREPRENEUR-INVENTOR

https://www.transportation.gov/connections/elijah-j-mccoy-real-mccoy

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/prolific-inventor-helped-give-us-phrase-real-mccoy-180963059/

https://www.biography.com/inventor/elijah-mccoy


MADAM C.J. WALKER
1ST AFRICAN-AMERICAN MILLIONAIRE & ONE OF THE FIRST AMERICAN WOMEN TO BECOME A SELF-MADE MILLIONAIRE

ENTREPRENEUR & SOCIAL ACTIVIST

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/madame-c-j-walker

https://madamcjwalker.com/about/

https://www.biography.com/inventor/madam-cj-walker



CATHY HUGHES
1ST WOMAN TO OWN A RADIO STATION  RANKED NUMBER ONE IN A MAJOR U.S. MARKET (DC)
FOUNDER AND CHAIRPERSON
URBAN ONE, INC., THE LARGEST AFRICAN-AMERICAN OWNED AND OPERATED, BROADCAST COMPANY IN U.S.

MEDIA ENTREPRENEUR & EXECUTIVE

https://www.forbes.com/sites/courtstroud/2018/05/23/everything-you-need-to-know-about-urban-black-radio/?sh=6fa491c07eca

https://www.blackenterprise.com/cathy-hughes-entertainment-industry/

https://omaha.com/archives/kelly-omaha-native-cathy-hughes-the-2nd-richest-black-woman-in-u-s-is-thrilled/article_5c6359bd-9ca1-529f-86a4-5b9dd74b9669.html

https://urban1.com/radio-one-inc-congratulates-founder-and-chairperson-cathy-hughes-as-new-namesake-for-howard-universitys-school-of-communications/

LINKS TO OTHER RESOURCES ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP HISTORY
  • https://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurship/
  • https://tech.co/news/21-successful-black-entrepreneurs-throughout-history-2015-02
  • https://www.unlv.edu/news/release/study-black-entrepreneurship-united-states

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