Only 4 Black Fortune 500 CEOs

An excerpt from GoBankingRates - 

There Are Only 4 Black Fortune 500 CEOs

See the leaders who are carving a new path.

By John Csiszar 

In spite of all the progress made in Black representation in America, these advances have yet to translate to the C-suite in corporate America. With the resignation of Tapestry CEO Jide Zeitlin in July 2020, the number of Black CEOs among the Fortune 500 dropped to a woeful four. One person will soon be added to that list as Rosalind Brewer, Starbucks’ chief operating officer, will take over as the CEO of Walgreens Boots Alliance. She will be leaving Starbucks at the end of February and will then be the only Black woman CEO at a Fortune 500 company. Unfortunately, this list will shrink again when Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier retires in June 2021.

Over the complete history of the Fortune 500, which dates back to 1999, there have only been a total of 18 Black CEOs leading America’s Fortune 500 companies. The peak year for representation was 2012, when a still-anemic total of six Black CEOs led corporate America’s most prominent companies. As Black History Month unfolds, it’s a good time to take a closer look at the four Black CEOs paving the way for future leaders of color.

https://www.gobankingrates.com/money/business/fortune-500-includes-only-4-black-ceos/

Clever Art

From Bored Panda - 

https://www.boredpanda.com/street-art-tom-bob-nyc/

Racial Gaslighting

An excerpt from Your Tango - 

How To Know If Someone's Racially Gaslighting You — And 10 Ways To Respond 

By Angelique Beluso

Experiencing racism can be a lonely experience at times. And It's exhausting to have to defend your experience. But in moments like these, it's important to stand your ground and speak your truth. 

There are ways to respond to racial gaslighting that allows you to stand up for yourself while encouraging a healthy discourse. 

Here are a few ways to respond to racial gaslighting:

1. “My experience is not up for debate.”

2. “This is my truth of what happened, please don’t try and invalidate that.”

3. “I would never question if you experienced racism, please don’t question if I did.”

https://www.yourtango.com/2021340295/how-to-know-if-someone-racially-gaslighting-you-ways-to-respond

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More HBCU Love

From Newsone - 

Black History In The Making: 21 HBCU Graduates Who Are Changing The World In 2021

By Bruce C.T. Wright

https://newsone.com/playlist/hbcu-graduates-changing-the-world/

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🎶 SINCE U BEEN GONE 🎶

"Mom please sto-"

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Traveling While Black

From the NY Times - 

 

The Black Panthers Revisited

 From the NY Times - 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/opinion/black-history-month-short-documentaries.html?referringSource=articleShare

Stay Close

 From the NY Times - 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/opinion/black-history-month-short-documentaries.html?referringSource=articleShare

The Lost Astronaut

 From the NY Times - 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/opinion/black-history-month-short-documentaries.html?referringSource=articleShare

The story of Keeth Smart

The Orangeburg Massacre

An excerpt from Newsone - 

‘Orangeburg Massacre’ In South Carolina Occurred On This Day In 1968

Written By D.L. Chandler

One of the most stirring tragedies of the civil rights movement during the 1960s took place in the small town of Orangeburg in South Carolina. On this day in 1968, police officers fired in to a crowd of Black students protesting segregation, killing three and wounding 28 others, in what has been called the “Orangeburg Massacre.”

After Black students were denied entry to the Whites-only All Star Bowling Lane alley and began protesting at the establishment’s door, the students — now numbering into the hundreds — gathered on the campus of South Carolina State University to demonstrate against the bowling alley. The students were raucous and sparked a bonfire, with the group throwing firebombs and other objects. As an officer put out a fire, he was hit with an unknown object. Police claimed to hear gunfire and began to fire in to the throng.

The police killed three people that day:  Samuel Hammond and Henry Smith, both students at SCSU, and Delano Middleton (all pictured above), a student at nearby Wilkinson High School. 28 others were injured by both gunfire and other weapons, including one pregnant young woman who reported having a miscarriage a week later due to beatings by police.

https://newsone.com/2190700/orangeburg-massacre/

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Dr. Patricia Bath, Black Doctor Who Revolutionized Eye Surgery

 

https://abc7.com/health/black-female-doctor-who-revolutionized-eye-surgery-could-receive-posthumous-national-honor/10321774/

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An HBCU Gets Animation Studio

An excerpt from The Black Detour - 

Bowie State University Makes History Becoming First HBCU With Animation Studio

An animation studio is opening at  Bowie State University, making history becoming  the first historically Black college or university, NBC Washington reported. The university partnered with the Oscar-nominated animation house, LAIKA, to make the animation studio a reality.

“The partnership will enhance BSU’s animation curriculum, with the goal of providing a career pathway for BSU students into the animation industry,” LAIKA said in a statement. LAIKA will fund upgrades to Bowie State’s green screen studio, that will allow stop-motion animation production according to the press release. The art form includes the movement of objects, puppets, filmed at a high rate to create the illusion of movement.

https://theblackdetour.com/bowie-state-university-becomes-first-hbcu-with-a-animation/