Earl G. Graves Jr.Earl Gilbert "Butch" Graves Jr. (born January 5, 1962) is an American businessman and retired basketball player. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he is a Scarsdale High School graduate. BackgroundGraves, the son of Barbara Graves, and Black Enterprise founder Earl G. Graves Sr., attended Yale University and earned an MBA from Harvard University. While at Yale he was a member of Skull and Bones and captained the college basketball team.
Earl G. Graves Sr.Earl Gilbert Graves Sr. (January 9, 1935 – April 6, 2020) was an American entrepreneur, publisher, businessman, philanthropist, and advocate of African-American businesses. A graduate of Morgan State University, he was the founder of Black Enterprise magazine and chairman of the media company Earl G. Graves, Ltd. He was the director for Aetna and Executive Board member of the Boy Scouts of America.Our World with Black EnterpriseOur World with Black Enterprise is a weekly television show which has been hosted by Paul Brunson, Edward Lansing Gordon III, and, during its first season, Marc Lamont Hill, which is produced by Black Enterprise The show was created by Earl G. Graves Sr. It airs on Saturday and Sunday across a range of local television stations and focuses on various issues of interest to the urban (i.e. Black) general and upwardly mobile community. The show premiered on September 30, 2006.
Black-owned businessIn the United States, black-owned businesses (or black businesses), also known as African American businesses, originated in the days of slavery before 1865. Emancipation and civil rights permitted businessmen to operate inside the American legal structure starting in the Reconstruction era (1865–77) and afterwards. By the 1890s, thousands of small business operations had opened in urban areas.
Harvard UniversityPrivate university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USHarvard University is a privateIvy Leagueresearch university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636, and named Harvard College in 1639 in honor of its first benefactor, Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Its influence, wealth, and rankings have made it one of the most prestigious universities in the world.
Yale UniversityPrivate university in New Haven, Connecticut, USOfficial seal used by the college and the universityYale University is a privateIvy Leagueresearch university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. It is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution.
UWG Inc.UWG Inc.FormerlyUniWorld Group, Inc.TypePrivateIndustryAdvertisingHeadquarters New York City, New YorkKey peopleMonique L. Nelson (CEO)OwnerLori-Laine Holdings (51%)WPP Group (49%)DivisionsUniWorld Group Advertising UniWorld Group Healthcare UniWorld Group HispanicUniWorld FilmsWebsitewww.uwginc.com UWG Inc. is a full-service advertising agency headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, with satellite offices in Atlanta, Detroit, Miami, and Los Angeles.
All capsIn typography, text in all caps or all uppercase consists of capital letters without any lowercase letters. For example, the sentence "THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG" is all-caps. All-caps text can be seen in legal documents, advertisements, newspaper headlines, and the titles on book covers. Short strings of words in uppercase letters appear bolder and "louder" than mixed case, and this is sometimes referred to as "shouting" (or "screaming").W. Don CornwellW. Don Cornwell (born January 17, 1948) is a retired investment banker and broadcast media executive. He was the founder, CEO, and Chairman of Granite Broadcasting, which at the time was the largest television broadcast company controlled by an African-American, from 1988 to his retirement in 2009. Prior to founding Granite Broadcasting, he was at Goldman Sachs for 17 years. He currently serves on the boards of Pfizer, AIG, and Natura & Co (formerly Avon).
Black meccaA black mecca, in the United States, is a city to which African Americans, particularly singles, professionals, and middle-class families, are drawn to live, due to some or all of the following factors: superior economic opportunities for black people, often as assessed by the presence of a large black upper-middle and upper class black businesses and political activism in a city leading black educational institutions in a city a city's leading role in black history, arts, music, food, and other cultures harmonious black-white race relations in a city New York City, in particular Harlem, was referred to as a black mecca during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s and still is as of today.Joshua I. SmithJoshua Smith (born April 8, 1941) is an American businessman and former chairperson of the Commission on Minority Business Development.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.