African American - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

The Case Against Racial Colorblindness

was black or white. But many of the fourth and fifth graders avoided mentioning race during the game. As it turns out, racial colorblindness is a social convention that many Americans start to internalize by as young as age 10. "Very... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

22 Feb 2024
News

Combat-Tested Cancer Coaching

nearby Borders bookstore revealed a three-year life expectancy with no available treatment options. And trying to navigate the complexities of the American health care system—bouncing from pathologist to a medical oncologist to... View Details

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About - Business History

the Executive Committee of the Harvard Center for African Studies, the Faculty Committee of the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, and on the Policy Committee of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin View Details

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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Value of Business Education

Archives Films HBS Archival Collections Bibliography Site Credits Visiting the Exhibit More Baker Library Exhibits Baker Library Special Collectons Among the most influential African American leaders of the... View Details

25 Apr 2024
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Origin Stories

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details

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Events - Business History

and Christina Lubinski. Oct 6 06 Oct 2025 Business History Seminar Justene Hill Edwards (University of Virginia), "Rethinking Black Entrepreneurship in the Aftermath of American Slavery" 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm. Part of the 2025 Business... View Details

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Leadership Transitions | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Lehman Brothers Gay and Lesbian Network, Lehman Employees of African Descent, the Latin American Council, and Women’s Initiatives Leading Lehman. Lehman Brothers Centre for Women in Business, created in 2006... View Details

05 Sep 2014
News

Keeping Education in Check

practice.) It’s not just Berman’s own history and hope for the future success of children that motivates him—he notes that there is real science behind his belief. In 2000, for example, researchers found that 120 hours of chess instruction for View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 May 2020
Blog Post

5 Reasons to Join a Club at HBS

Aaron Hancock is a member of the HBS Class of 2021. He serves as Senator for Section H and is the Chair of the Senate Clubs Committee. He is also one of the incoming Co-Presidents for the African American... View Details

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Gender & Race in Organizations Research Group - Race, Gender & Equity

Criminology and African American Studies at the University of Iowa and a Nonresident Fellow in Governance Studies at The Brookings Institution, and a Carr Center Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. His... View Details

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Business, Government & the International Economy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Foundation Prize for narrative nonfiction. Mattias E. Fibiger : Winner of the 2024 Michael H. Hunt Prize for International History from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) for Suharto's Cold War: Indonesia,... View Details

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Agents of Change: The Founding of the African-American Student Union

and society at large, gradually became more welcoming to students of color." 1 Agents of Change examines the African American experience at HBS from 1915 to 1990. The exhibition focuses on the establishment... View Details

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Partners & Fellows | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Partner Organizations ACCION International ACLU Acumen African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships (ACHAP) American Ballet Theatre Association of Latino Professionals For America (ALPFA) Bill & Melinda Gates... View Details

30 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Breaking Barriers and Building Community: Get to Know the HBS Women’s Student Association (WSA)

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Team We understand that intersectionality is important. Our DEI team works across the club to make sure we are accounting for all forms of representation, not just gender. The team also works with other student organizations, such... View Details

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Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015) - Recruiting

key to success. With that mindset, you build on your existing value add and continue to learn. This growth benefits you personally but also has significant ripple effects. “At CrossBoundary we are helping African companies to grow,... View Details

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

Building a zero-fee money transfer platform for African migrants. Feather Health Kirsten Soong (MBA 2022) Daniel Navarro Mariya Rivkin (MBA 2022) Social Enterprise Track Runner-Up An AI driven digital platform to help people with chronic... View Details

15 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019

goods? If so, why? I study these questions in the context of the first wave of the Great Migration (1915–1930), when more than 1.5 million African Americans moved from the South to the North of the United... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

31 Aug 2021
Book

Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate

doctor turned social entrepreneur, a Bangladeshi policeman, an American business consultant trying to create change, and a Polish Holocaust survivor—and included both historical examples and contemporary anecdotes about how people have... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

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Harvard Business School

wealth in urban communities. Frank S. Jones MBA 1957 In 1971, Frank Jones was named Ford Professor of Urban Affairs and Planning and became the first African American tenured professor at the Massachusetts... View Details

17 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

What's Behind the Unexpected Trump Support from Women

immigrants. “Us vs. them” rhetoric framed diversity as an impediment to American greatness, and—consistent with historical racial and socioeconomic fractures—global trade and immigration, the increasing presence of white women and people... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Morgan Roberts and Robin Ely

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