Black Lives Matter - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Jan 2017
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The Next Play

Players Association. Today, Foxworth is pleased to be focused on family—he has three children—and to speak freely on issues that matter to him, from the Black Lives View Details

23 Feb 2023
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In My Humble Opinion: Hometown Reboot

David Motley (MBA 1988) grew up in Lincoln-Larimer, a struggling neighborhood in Pittsburgh’s East End. He remembers the soot on the snow in the cold winters of the 1960s. And if he looked south, toward the Monongahela River, he could see the steel mills that were its... View Details

Keywords: April White

17 May 2019
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Putting Value on Diversity, Inclusion, and Leadership

people grow into the role of having an impact that you value. I think my legacy will be a legacy of developing people in this field who really want to make a difference and who value diversity and inclusion and think leadership matters in... View Details

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Diversity Comes to Corporate Boards, but Slowly - Blog: RGE Report

Black Lives Matter movement had increased that percentage to 28 percent in 2020, but it has waned since then. Looking forward, Heidrick & Struggles’ report points out that its... View Details

31 Jan 2018
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A Visible Example of What’s Possible

Linda Oubre (MBA 1984) is living the same dream she hopes her students can realize. “In a world where only 18 percent of business school deans are women, and less than one percent are African American, I View Details

31 Oct 2018
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Building on History

History and Culture. This museum documents the story of a country that adopted a set of values in the 18th century that it lived up to over the next 200 years, slowly but consistently, and continues to follow in a very dramatic and... View Details

01 Jun 2022
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Closing the 'Network Gap'

The Equity Network began with a single LinkedIn post. Kristina Hu (MBA 2022) Photo courtesy Kristina Hu In the summer of 2020, Kristina Hu (MBA 2022), then an incoming HBS student, was sitting in her San Francisco home watching the Black... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2011
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Racial Bias Pervades Health Care

Health-care reform has a different meaning for Augustus White (AMP 94, 1984) than the definition you might get from a policy wonk: His reform would ensure equality of medical treatment, no matter the color of your skin, gender, or sexual... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Health, Social Assistance

Portrait Project

Dan Gertsacov

My grandmother is 103, and she is always quick to remind me, "it's not about having what you want; it's about wanting what you have." Well, I want this black eye. Well, at least, I want to share the story that I broke my nose... View Details

06 Mar 2018
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A Voice for Diversity and Impact at Scale

With a father in the US Air Force, Vivian Hunt (MBA 1995) moved often as a young girl, living in places as far flung as Montana, Alabama, and Japan. That experience was difficult at times, but it developed her ability to engage across... View Details

10 Aug 2020
Blog Post

HBS Summer Fellows Focus on Racial Equity and Justice

summer and going forward. WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON THIS SUMMER? Allie O'Shea (MBA 2021), Hack.Diversity: Hack.Diversity is focused on improving Black and Latinx representation in Boston's innovation economy. This summer, I am working on... View Details

10 Nov 2020
Blog Post

Instagram Takeover - Mae Abdelrahman (MBA 2021)

namesake. This skin care brand is a tribute to her mother’s dedication to raise Black daughters who would challenge norms and improve the lives of others. Nour seeks to empower minority and marginalized... View Details

15 Jun 2021
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Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy

brown-led nonprofits closely tied to the people and problems in under-resourced Massachusetts communities. Shell, a managing director at Bain Capital, says George Floyd’s brutal killing, the Black Lives... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Apr 2022
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Nancy Lane Remembered

Her obituary in the New York Times notes that Lane was “one of the rare Black women in the 1970s to rise in the corporate ranks, notably at Chase Manhattan and Johnson & Johnson.” Her work in the arts featured important foundational work... View Details

17 Apr 2013
Research Event

Conference Challenges Gender Conventions

commemorate the HBS milestone. Beyond moving the overarching topic of women and leadership, speakers examined the role academic research plays and how that research can be used for what Ely termed "a lever for change." “Better View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

15 Jun 2021
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HBS Addresses Racial Equity

efforts,” notes Hammond, who, in the following conversation, talks about the School’s commitment to antiracism education and research, support for the Black and African American community at HBS, and opportunities to engage the broader... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

02 Aug 2021
Blog Post

ALUMNI WORK TO REVERSE BIAS THROUGH PHILANTHROPY

Capital, says George Floyd’s brutal killing, the Black Lives Matter movement, and a pandemic that “has blown disparities in race and income wide open” created momentum for the... View Details

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

enroll at HBS. "With minorities now present in most professions, I see a lot of promise for white and black America to come together," he says. "I also believe it's possible to help people who are downtrodden and desperate to transform... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

30 Apr 2018
Blog Post

Reflecting on AASU50: Advancing African American Business Leadership

those 50 years ago, have made a tremendous difference at HBS, especially in the lives of the 2,250 black alumni who followed them. Through this conference, we seek to honor that legacy,” wrote Nitin Nohria,... View Details

13 Aug 2021
Blog Post

Exploring Racial Justice with the Scaling Minority Businesses Course

work on real-world projects with Black and Latinx-led businesses in Greater Boston – a proximate learning experience that seemed like exactly the opportunity I was seeking. The course itself consisted of a mix of lectures, a View Details

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