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Black Enterprise 25th Anniversary: Saluting the Past, Shaping the Future - Cover Story
An overview is presented on the achievements of Blacks in the last 25 years in the US in education, business, and politics. Statistics highlight the increase in the Black professional class. A newly organized PAC will fight the anti-affirmative action forces to shore up these gains.See the full content of this document
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The rise of the Black professional class.
A quarter-century ago, they were invisible to the rest of the nation. Now, they are a force to be reckoned with. A SNAPSHOT OF BLACK AMERICA IN 1995, JUST 25 years after the first issue of BLACK ENTERPRISE rolled off the presses, shows a growing professional class that's more educated and economically and politically astute. That portrait also shows a segment of the community that has made gigantic strides in business.
The past quarter of a century has seen the black professional class make unprecedented gains in nearly every area. They have also seen members of the black professional class increasingly working together to leverage their shared economic and political clout. But this rising tide hasn't improved the quality of life for all African Americans. "There was definitely movement in terms of the middle class," says Gwendolyn I. Long, a board member of the ...See the full content of this document
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