African Americans - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Jun 2021
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Diversifying HBS's Case Collection

—JAN RIVKIN SENIOR ASSOCIATE DEAN “When our cases don’t feature the full range of human talent, we fail all of our students.” —JAN RIVKIN, SENIOR ASSOCIATE DEAN With the REP, the School has made a commitment to developing more cases featuring Black and View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Dec 2018
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Lighting the Way

Photo courtesy of Beverly Anderson Photo courtesy of Beverly Anderson A recent study of alumni offers insights into the reality of the challenge that African American women face in their careers: Of the 532... View Details

13 Aug 2020

Diverse Perspectives Series: Admissions Q&A with AASU and LASO

Hear from members of the African American Student Union (AASU) and the Latin American Student Organization (LASO) as they answer questions about the MBA experience, culture,... View Details

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Leading Race Work in Business Schools - Race, Gender & Equity

7, 2020 and was built in part from research conducted during Harvard Business School’s 50th anniversary of the founding of the African American Student Union (AASU) in 2018 (visit Agents of Change website... View Details

01 Mar 2014
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Clubs Hopping: A Healthy Dialogue

Celebration Committee, "For our profile subjects, we're selecting HBSAAA alumnae who've been recommended by our members as women of the African diaspora who are making a difference in the world. It's been a revelation to learn more about... View Details

Keywords: Morrell, Daniel; healthcare; HBSAAA

19 May 2022
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Leading to Salvation

interacted with it...I wanted to take the chapel and make it a public space." Bob Ryan: The funeral home was in a very rundown building. If you segment the African American market, you had people who... View Details

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Harvard Business School

Films HBS Archival Collections Bibliography Site Credits Visiting the Exhibit More Baker Library Exhibits Baker Library Special Collectons Throughout its early years, AASU directed its student activism on behalf of Africans View Details

01 Dec 2018
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Alumni Are Integral to HBS

to his connection with Elkins, who was founding director of the Harvard University Center for African Studies. She is also Harvard’s professor of History and of African and View Details

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Demographics: ethnic groups (US)

Where can I find U.S. demographic information broken out by ethnic group? U.S. Census Bureau: Population, housing, economic and geographic information searchable by race and ethnicity. The American Community Survey has quick links to data... View Details

13 May 2014
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Inside Africa

reason Americans view Africa as a land of misfortune is that all they hear about in the media is African misfortune. To counter this simplistic picture, Africa.com offers curated articles showing the... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

01 Mar 2017
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In My Humble Opinion: Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990)

different ethnic groups in the country’s north, along with Indian, Chinese, European, and American expats. “My early exposure to people from diverse backgrounds is probably the reason I enjoy such environments,” says Oteh, who served for... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and the Center for Gender in Organizations at Simmons School of Management (Boston). She is also a Visiting Scholar with the Harvard Business School Leadership Initiative, researching the influence of View Details

Career Coach

Aaron Mitchell

true story. He is a champion for diversity in organizations and spent a significant amount of time leading change and build capability abroad. Aaron is a 2011 graduate of Harvard Business School, where he served as the Career Rep for Section E, and Co-President for... View Details

15 Jun 2021
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2021

archives One of the first African American graduates of HBS, the late H. Naylor Fitzhugh overcame numerous racial barriers in a career that spanned academia and the private sector. Born in Washington, DC, in... View Details

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Lauryn Hale

to take on leadership roles in extracurricular clubs and activities," she says. In her first year, Lauryn co-chaired a committee for the African American Student Union (AASU), helping assemble a panel... View Details

15 Nov 2019
News

Diversity as a Driver of Performance

2006. The appointment made him one of only seven African American leaders at the helm of S&P 500 companies. In an interview with Black Enterprise, Zeitlin talks about how diversity and inclusion are critical... View Details

Keywords: Retail Trade

01 Apr 1998
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Student Conferences Inspire Campus Dialogue

sharing upward mobility with all African Americans was the theme of the 26th annual HBS African-American Student Union (AASU) Career/Alumni Conference, "The Next Step: Revitalizing Our Community," held... View Details

01 Oct 1996
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Creating Miracles — Charles A. Coverdale (MBA 1971)

Things may not have looked this bleak for African Americans in a long time, but at the First Baptist Church of Riverhead in eastern Long Island, which serves many of the area's black families -- including... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

02 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2017

insights into how we can lead more balanced lives. Tell us in the comment section below what you thought were the most interesting business trends of the year. Minorities Who 'Whiten' Job Resumes Get More Interviews African View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Labor Practices | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

occupational ladder at a rate twice that of white men.” 34 No photographs of African Americans appeared in Paths of Opportunity in U.S. Steel , and few images of African View Details

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