How to Succeed in Business Without Being White by Earl G. Graves

He pushed others in the African American community to be entrepreneurs. In his later years, Graves often wrote editorials for Black Enterprise on issues ranging from the need for black representation in corporate boardrooms to health care access as a fundamental right. “The publication was committed to the task of educating, inspiring and uplifting its readers.” My goal was to show them how to thrive professionally, economically and as proactive, empowered citizens.”. “The time was ripe for a magazine devoted to economic development in the African American community,” he wrote. Graves explained in his book why he decided to start Black Enterprise magazine. He wrote The New York Times best-seller, “How to Succeed in Business Without Being White.” Kennedy’s administrative assistant for three years.

Dingle.Īn Army veteran and HBCU graduate of Morgan State University, Graves also served as the late Sen. Graves launched Black Enterprise in 1970, building it “from a single-magazine publishing company 50 years ago, to a diversified multimedia business spreading the message of financial empowerment to more than 6 million African Americans through print, digital, broadcast and live-event platforms,” according to Black Enterprise senior vice president and chief content officer Derek T. Graves, Black Enterprise magazine founder and black publishing pioneer, dies at age 85” by Samara Lynn on :

How to Succeed in Business Without Being White by Earl G. Graves