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General Motors hosted a brunch saluting its top-performing African American dealers at the NAACP awards in Pasadena, California. (Top Dealers).


* General Motors hosted a brunch saluting its top-performing African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race.  dealers at the NAACP NAACP
 in full National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Oldest and largest U.S. civil rights organization. It was founded in 1909 to secure political, educational, social, and economic equality for African Americans; W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B.
 awards in Pasadena, California Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 133,936 and the 160th largest city in the United States. The California Finance Department estimates the Pasadena population to be 146,166 in 2005. . The honorees--Cornelius Martin, president of Martin Automotive Group; Bill Perkins There have been several well-known people named Bill Perkins, including:
  • Bill Perkins (saxophonist) (1924–2003), jazz musician of the West Coast "Cool" school.
, president of Taylor Chevrolet and Merollis Chevrolet; and Pam Rodgers, president of Rodgers Chevrolet--were named to GM's Million Dollar Club after earning more than $1 million before bonuses and taxes. Out of the 375 GM dealers, 125 are African American-owned. (Pictured above from left to right: Perkins, Eric Peterson, Rod Gillum, Judge Grog Mathis, Rodgers, and Martin.)
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Author:Brown, Monique R.
Publication:Black Enterprise
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jun 1, 2002
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