Black Entrepreneurs
Black technology entrepreneurs are increasingly providing the horsepower that drives the global economy. Over the last two decades, black entrepreneurs have created more jobs, and contributed much more to the economic expansion of the Black community as a whole, than any black pastor or politician. Black entrepreneurs are taking risks and building businesses that generate economic growth and increase prosperity in underserved areas, as more minority-owned and minority-focused businesses emerge, willing to serve the financial needs of Black entrepreneurs. US Black Engineer & Information Technology magazine's annual list of Top Black Technology Entrepreneurs reflects the expanding scope of leading Black entrepreneurs in information technology, homeland security, and defense.
My sentiments exactly. I'm completing a paper about how black scientists and engineers @ Bell Labs started a program that paid for the graduate school educations of almost 600 underrepresented minority and women scientists and engineers. The older scientists include two who have won the National Technology Medal, which is the nation's highest award for technical achievements and are in the national Inventors Hall of Fame. The younger scientists include entrepreneurs, university administrators and inventors who are going to have a similar impact.
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