African-American Women - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Jun 2021
News

HBS Addresses Racial Equity

officer; and me to head up the 70-plus-member Dean’s Anti-Racism Task Force. It represented a cross section of our community—MBA students (including the three African American Student Union copresidents), doctoral students, faculty, staff, and alumni (including leaders... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Mar 2018
News

‘We were just doing what needed to be done’

number of black students at HBS, the hiring of black faculty members, and the creation of more socially relevant electives. By establishing the African-American Student Union (AASU) in 1968, the five founders also hoped to support... View Details

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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

of Women World Leaders and Former Managing Director and Senior Advisor of Goldman Sachs, presents "Does the Message about the Importance of Diversity Need to Change?" at the 2017 Gender and Work Symposium. Laura Liswood, Secretary General... View Details

08 Mar 2018
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HBSAAA Leads the Way in Celebrating African American Alumni Impact

Americans have had on the School, the business world, and society at large. The HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) has partnered with the AASU and the HBS Leadership Initiative to produce five core initiatives for AASU50: a... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 1, 2007

Walker, who has been credited as the first self-made African-American woman millionaire, created a hair-care empire after years spent as a laundress in St. Louis, Missouri. Decades before the Civil Rights movement, her company gave... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Jun 2021
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2021

impact, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE For 50 years, Harvard Business School has recognized a number of outstanding women and men by conferring on them its highest honor, the Alumni Achievement Award.... View Details

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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

in Gender, Communication, and the Leadership Gap (2017), a Volume in the International Leadership Association Series, Women and Leadership: Research, Theory, and Practice. Diane received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Organizational Communication... View Details

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