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PRAISE FOR LESSONS FROM THE TOP
"[Lessons from the Top] challenges the vintage profile of theentrepreneur by showcasing the impressive and dynamic careers ofAfrican American executives who surmounted social, economic, andpolitical barriers to gain their deserved place in today's world ofthe business elite."
-Kweisi Mfume, President and CEO, NAACP
"[Lessons from the Top] aptly documents the achievements of AfricanAmerican entrepreneurs who embody the legacy of the twentiethcentury and the hope of the twenty-first century. The principlesespoused by these esteemed business leaders are essential to thefuture of the civil rights movement as we prepare our children forself-reliance and our adults for economic self-sufficiency in thenext century."
-Hugh B. Price, President, National Urban League
Lessons from the Top profiles eleven of the most powerful andinfluential CEOs of the nation's largest black-owned businessesacross a broad cross section of industries. These compelling andmotivating stories of personal triumph and business success willsurely light the way for the next generation of great AfricanAmerican business leaders.
Don H. Barden * Emma C. Chappell * Mel Farr Sr. * Charles H. JamesIII * John H. Johnson * Robert L. Johnson * Byron E. Lewis * HermanJ. Russell * Russell Simmons * Clarence O. Smith * Percy E. Sutton
"[Lessons from the Top] challenges the vintage profile of theentrepreneur by showcasing the impressive and dynamic careers ofAfrican American executives who surmounted social, economic, andpolitical barriers to gain their deserved place in today's world ofthe business elite."
-Kweisi Mfume, President and CEO, NAACP
"[Lessons from the Top] aptly documents the achievements of AfricanAmerican entrepreneurs who embody the legacy of the twentiethcentury and the hope of the twenty-first century. The principlesespoused by these esteemed business leaders are essential to thefuture of the civil rights movement as we prepare our children forself-reliance and our adults for economic self-sufficiency in thenext century."
-Hugh B. Price, President, National Urban League
Lessons from the Top profiles eleven of the most powerful andinfluential CEOs of the nation's largest black-owned businessesacross a broad cross section of industries. These compelling andmotivating stories of personal triumph and business success willsurely light the way for the next generation of great AfricanAmerican business leaders.
Don H. Barden * Emma C. Chappell * Mel Farr Sr. * Charles H. JamesIII * John H. Johnson * Robert L. Johnson * Byron E. Lewis * HermanJ. Russell * Russell Simmons * Clarence O. Smith * Percy E. Sutton
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