Three decades of money, wealth, power.Since B.E.'s inception, African Americans African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. have nearly quadrupled their income For 30 years, BLACK ENTERPRISE has chronicled African American entrepreneurship en·tre·pre·neur n. A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture. [French, from Old French, from entreprendre, to undertake; see enterprise. , professional gains and wealth. Since 1973, the annual BE 100 lists have served as a resource tool and barometer of the most successful black businesses in America America [for Amerigo Vespucci], the lands of the Western Hemisphere—North America, Central (or Middle) America, and South America. The world map published in 1507 by Martin Waldseemüller is the first known cartographic use of the name. . The BE Board of Economists has given an annual economic outlook report since 1984, which reflects as far back as 1982. With the help of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the U.S. Census Bureau Noun 1. Census Bureau - the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States Bureau of the Census , Brimmer and Co. Inc., an economic and financial consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a and other researchers, BE has recorded the professional advances of African Americans for three decades. The charts below detail how far African Americans have come. In some cases, as with the BE 100 companies and income gains, blacks have quadrupled their success and then some. Blacks have moved more slowly up the corporate ladder, however, increasing their representation by only 60% since 1975. [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] |
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