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Black History Month | Baker Library

1908. Agents of Change: The Founding and Impact of the African-American Student Union Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the African-American Student Union, Agents of Change examines the... View Details

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Questions for Evaluating Company Culture and Community - Alumni

itself. We thank the members of the African-American Student Union who were the most prominent contributors to this effort. Does your organization make demographic data publically available for all employees and by seniority? If your... View Details

07 Feb 2019
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New Charter School CEO Debuts Colorful Changes

a charter network in the Chicago area” as well as the first African-American woman to serve as Noble’s CEO. The article noted that the move to loosen the dress code was also prompted by Jones’s own desire to get a tattoo to memorialize... View Details

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Digital Exhibits | Baker Library

commissioned photographers to document the inner workings of the company as part of a national public relations campaign. From the Great Depression through the post-war boom, photography served as a persuasive tool in PR campaigns. Agents of Change: The Founding and... View Details

01 Dec 2000
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Faculty News

pioneering African-American business leader. (More on the Fitzhugh chair will appear in an upcoming issue of the Bulletin.) Alan D. MacCormack, an expert in product development and the management of technology, is the first Lumry Family... View Details

Keywords: H. Naylor Fitzhugh (MBA '33); Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

21 Dec 2021
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My Misperceptions about HBS

at HBS. As a student on campus, I felt even more welcomed by becoming an active member of various affinity groups including the African-American Student Union (AASU) and the Africa Business Club (ABC), who had reached out to me before... View Details

01 Jun 2007
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Power Trip

also been a widening of opportunity for African-Americans and other minorities, but the recent backlash against affirmative action has had a negative impact. Progress has been slow: There are now fewer than ten women among Fortune 500... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Laura Arjona

Jointly sponsored by HBS MBA Admissions, the African-American Student Union (AASU), the Latino Student Organization (LASO), and the Harvard University Native American Program (HUNAP), PSD is an opportunity for members of these communities... View Details

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Harvard Business School

Bulletin , March 2018, 60. 8 Interview with A. Leroy Willis. “The African-American Student Union of HBS: A Salute to the Past, A Challenge to the Future” (014871962_VT_0006), 1994. Baker Library, Harvard Business School. 9 A. Leroy Willis... View Details

01 Oct 2000
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Lydia M. Marshall: Gumption and Grace

After graduating from Wellesley, she took a position in retailing that inspired her to enroll in the MBA Program. One of only three African-American women in her class, Marshall thrived at HBS and credits the School with teaching her "the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Apr 1997
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HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues

AASU Holds 25th Annual Conference "Our Silver Past and Golden Future" was the theme of the 25th annual Career/Alumni Conference of the HBS African-American Student Union (AASU), held January 30 to February 2 at HBS and the Boston Marriott... View Details

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John Oxtoby

John is advising the movie The Butler, based on the true experiences of an African-American butler who served in the White House through the crucial civil rights years between the Eisenhower and Reagan administrations. Starring Forest... View Details

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Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship | Baker Library

Americans, and Whites Nielsen reports on the African American Consumer Search using keywords African American or Black RKMA Consumer Behavior 2019-2020 report has a section on African-American consumers. Consumer & Business Demographics... View Details

01 Dec 1999
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Ted Anthony

that day was shattered when the tragic killings at Jackson State prompted a new round of demonstrations on campus, including a strike by our African-American students protesting the lack of concern, nationally and at HBS, for the... View Details

Keywords: Ted Anthony

15 Aug 2017
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Where Work Meets Passion: A Summer In Community Development

estate development and business investment. Having studied architecture before transitioning to urban and African-American studies in my undergraduate program, it was a relief to discover that developers, not architects, actually build... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

01 Sep 2004
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MBA Class of 2004 Celebrates Class Day and Commencement

received their degrees (as did four newly minted Doctor of Business Administration graduates). In bidding the class farewell, Dean Kim B. Clark praised the students for their efforts and achievements. In particular, he noted the contributions of this year’s Dean’s... View Details

Keywords: commencement; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Ralph Johnson

banking were not the right roles for me. Specifically, the African-American Student Union and the Management Consulting Club were really helpful. The latter had a panel of people who had not initially gotten the consulting internships... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

01 Oct 1997
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Benaree Wiley

Wiley also encourages young minorities to think carefully about the "legacy" they want to leave. "Our generation gained access to corporate America," she notes, "but the next frontier is to create wealth in ways that will have a collective impact on the View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

19 Jan 2016
First Look

January 19, 2016

anonymity of buyers and sellers in order to facilitate trust. We demonstrate that this common market design choice results in an important unintended consequence: racial discrimination. In a field experiment on Airbnb, we find that requests from guests with... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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